Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common, but often inconspicuous, understory herb in pinelands and scrub.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herb with wirelike stems.
Height:
	Typically 8-12 inches tall. Often sprawling and as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic to Florida from Miami-Dade and Collier counties north to Brevard, Seminole, Orange, Polk and Hillsborough counties.
Habitats:
	Pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, without humusy top layer.
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:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Red and white or pinkish-white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
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