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The plant is best grown in moist but well-drained soil, receiving irrigation from "average" up to 30 centimetres (12 in) per year. It prefers protected full sun to half-shade locations. [3] Creeping mazus is used in smaller open areas, between stepping stones in paths and patios, a trailing plant in pots, and in flower beds. [3]
Mazus miquelii, commonly known as Miquel's mazus [2] or creeping mazus, [3] is a species of herbaceous perennial groundcover native to Japan and China. [1] Mazus reptans is now considered a heterotypic synonym of M. miquelii , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] but is still often used in the ornamental plant trade.
Mazus is a genus of low-growing perennial plants. It has been placed in various plant families including Phrymaceae , Scrophulariaceae , and recently in the family Mazaceae . [ 1 ] Consisting of around 40 species, this genus is generally found in damp habitats in lowland or mountain regions of China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, Australia and ...
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Mazaceae is a family of plants in the order Lamiales.The family was described by James L. Reveal in 2011. [2] Genera in this family were most recently previously included in Phrymaceae and in older classifications were placed in Scrophulariaceae.
This species can grow to 8 cm (3.1 in) tall. It spreads rapidly via stolons which root at the nodes. The obovate leaves are 2–7 cm (0.79–2.76 in) long. [3] The blue or white flowers are 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long and appear between the months of June and July.
In simple terms, shade-tolerant plants grow broader, thinner leaves to catch more sunlight relative to the cost of producing the leaf. Shade-tolerant plants are also usually adapted to make more use of soil nutrients than shade-intolerant plants. [2] A distinction may be made between "shade-tolerant" plants and "shade-loving" or sciophilous ...
M. radicans is a small, creeping wetland herb which is native to New Zealand. [1] It has prostrate main branches rooting at nodes. The lateral branches are short and leafy with distinctive internodes on leaf-bearing or subterranean and horizontal branches.