Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 1-2 feet in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic to Florida from Miami-Dade and Collier counties north to the Florida Panhandle.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, prairies and marshes.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated sandy or calcareous 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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Whitish or pinkish; the inflorescence appearing greenish.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	The leaves are held out parallel to each other, thus the part of the common name "semaphore."