Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and rock gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herb
Height:
	3-6 inches; to 1 foot when in flower
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Miami-Dade County; West Indies and Central America. In Miami-Dade County, native to the Miami Rock Ridge south of the Miami River.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, without humus.
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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.