Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely available in central Florida. Available at native plant nurseries in northeast and South Florida. Available in in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 6-18 inches in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and central North America west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; Cuba, Mexico. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Wet pinelands and prairies.
Soils:
	Seasonally wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy or limestone 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:
	Blue.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Winter-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown by division.
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page. See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on pollination in narrowleaf blueeyed-grass.