Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Flowering stem about 4 inches tall. Spreading and forming patches much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Widespread in North America south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World. Very rare and scattered in South Florida.
Habitats:
	Swamps and marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, poorly-drained to permanantly innundated calcareous or organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish 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:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Small animals are trapped in bladders on the submerged leaves.
Horticultural Notes:
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