Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens in wet to moist areas.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower with grass-like leaves.
Height:
	About 2-3 feet in height when in flower. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland north to Brevard, Orange and Citrus counties; disjunct in Flagler County; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and Africa.
Habitats:
	Swamps, marshes and open disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly-drained sandy, organic or calcareous soils, with or without humusy top layer.
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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Green-purple.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-winter.
Fruit:
	Capsule containing numerous minute seeds.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.