Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower and rock gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 4-8 inches in height. Spreading or erect, but often as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic from the Monroe County Keys north to Miami-Dade and Collier counties, and very rare or extirpated in Broward, Lee and Charlotte counties. Common in the pine rocklands of Miami-Dade County. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key. In Broward County, recorded only from Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area.
Habitats:
	Pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone or sandy 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:
	Blue or rarely pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, 1 to 1 1/2" wide.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous green capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds. Possible larval host plant for the common buckeye (Junonia coenia) and introduced malachite (Siproeta stelenes) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seeds, cuttings and divisions.
Comments:
	The leaves are sometimes reddish purple. It will spread from seed in the garden, but is not aggressive.