Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Frequent but rarely abundant in a wide variety of ecosystems.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium erect wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 6-12 inches in height; up to 24 inches in flower. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Widespread in eastern North America west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America (Trinidad). Rare in the Florida Keys.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, prairies and open, coastal areas.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, well-drained to poorly-drained sandy or limestone soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White or violet.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous spherical capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.