Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Not uncommon in scrub and scrubby flatwoods and dry disturbed sites; less common in more mesic pinelands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small annual or short-lived perennial herb with fine-textured leaves.
Height:
	Typically 3-12 inches in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Eastern and southeastern United States west to Texas and Oklahoma and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
Habitats:
	Scrub, pinelands and open, disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Dry to moist, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
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