Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also moist to wet wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-3 feet in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to peninsular Florida, then south along the southwest coast to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County Keys. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key, where last collected in 1973.
Habitats:
	Marshes, swamps and pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist, 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.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Lavender.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous nutlet.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.