Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small to medium herb.
Height:
	2-4 inches; to 2 feet when in flower. Taller than broad when in flower.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and southern North America west along the coasts to Texas and south along the coasts to the Monroe County Keys; northeastern Mexico.
Habitats:
	Tidal marshes and tidal swamps.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, poorly-drained to occasionally inundated brackish soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt 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:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Lavender with a white throat.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy small flowers in tall, open panicles.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	The flowering panicles are dried for ornament and in the belief they repel moths.