Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	A creeping or short climbing vine with small leaves.
Height:
	N/A; a vine with stems to 3 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; Bahamas. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key. In Miami-Dade County, native to the Miami Rock Ridge south of the Miami River.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Slender pod with wind dispersed seeds.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Possible larval host plant for soldier (Danaus eresimus) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Comments:
	The sap is white. It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.