Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herb.
Height:
	About 4-8 inches in height, usually creeping along the ground and forming small open patches.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States and the mid-Atlantic west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; northern Bahamas. Very rare or extirpated in the Monroe County Keys; collected on Key Largo in 1934 and on Big Pine Key in 1951.
Habitats:
	Moist forests and pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with 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 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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Purple berry.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
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