Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also good for wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely available in central Florida. Available at native plant nurseries in northeast Florida.
Description:
	Small shrub. Leaves needle-like, about 1/2-1 1/2 inches long, aromatic.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height. As broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic to eastern peninsular Florida from Volusia County south to northeastern Miami-Dade County; very rare or perhaps extirpated in Miami-Dade County. While it can grow very near the coast, it was very rare or never present on barrier islands in eastern Florida, perhaps due to a lack of habitat (well-drained scrub and scrubby flatwoods); however, it grows well at Pan’s Garden in Palm Beach.
Habitats:
	Scrub and scrubby flatwoods.
Soils:
	Dry, 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:
	Bluish to pale purple, spotted.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, about 1/2" long. Fragrant.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous nutlet.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.