Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower and rock gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common understory wildflower in prairies, wet pinelands and depression marshes. Rare in pine rocklands subjected to drainage.
Availability:
	Widely available in central Florida. Commonly available at native plant nurseries in South and northeast Florida. Available in Lake Worth at Amelia's SmartyPlants (561-540-6296), and in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Medium annual herb with attractive heads of yellow flowers.
Height:
	Typically 1-3 feet in height. Much taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Alabama and northern Florida south to the Monroe County Keys. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to seasonally inundated soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate 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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Yellow ray flowers and yellow and brown disk flowers.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy heads, 1/2-1" wide.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Nectar plant for Miami blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), southern broken-dash (Wallengrenia otho) and other butterflies. Provides seeds and insects for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	The Florida state wildflower. This is an annual that recruits readily in the landscape in exposed soil. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.