Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Annual herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 6-12 inches tall. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Widespread in eastern and central North America west to Texas and south to Broward and Collier counties. Very rare or extirpated in Broward County; reported only from Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, where last observed in 1983.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Moist to seasonally wet, well-drained 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. It invades moist soil as the seasonal water table drops.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
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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