General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes: Not uncommon in scrub and scrubby flatwoods and dry disturbed sites; less common in more mesic pinelands.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Small annual or short-lived perennial herb with fine-textured leaves.
Dimensions: Typically 3-12 inches in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Eastern and southeastern United States west to Texas and Oklahoma and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
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Habitats: Scrub, pinelands and open, disturbed sites.
Soils: Dry to 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: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Brownish inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics: Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season: Summer-fall.
Fruit: Inconspicuous achene.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed.
