Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A somewhat common element in marshes, wet pinelands and along the edges of freshwater swamps.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small shrubby wildflower. Leaves needle-like.
Height:
	About 2-3 feet in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, marshes and prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated sandy 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:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy clusters of flowers.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides some food and cover for wildlife.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed. Harvest seed when mature, but before it becomes dried out.
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