Landscape Uses:
	Groundcover in wet disturbed coastal sites.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional element of open coastal uplands and wetlands, including disturbed sites.
Availability:
	Occassionally grown at native plant nurseries in peninsular Florida.
Description:
	Small herb.
Height:
	About 3-12 inches in height, broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north mostly along the coasts to Volusia and Franklin counties; Southern United States and scattered to the north, West Indies, Central America, and South America.
Habitats:
	Mostly disturbed coastal sites.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, moderately well-drained to occassionally inundated brackish soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Small and ovoid with four nutlets.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Nectar plant for Miami blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), great southern white (Ascia monuste), and other butterflies. Attracts bee pollinators.
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