Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet wildflower and butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small to medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	1-4 feet in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Southern United States south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. Rare in the Monroe County Keys and perhaps absent in the middle Keys.
Habitats:
	Marshes and swamps.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to periodically inundated sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without humusy top layer.
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.
Flower Color:
	Pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy flowering heads.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous brownish achene. All year.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Nectar plant for Florida duskywing (Ephyriades brunneus), hammock skipper (Polygonus leo), long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus), mangrove skipper (Phocides pigmalion), monk skipper (Asbolis capucinus) and other butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	This is an excellent butterfly attractant. The leaves and flowers are extremely fragrant. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page. See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on dominant mudflat species including sweetscent.