General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Availability:
Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Small carnivorous herb.
Dimensions: About 1-2 inches in height; 3-4 inches when in flower. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States north to Maryland and Delaware, west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Wet pinelands.
Soils: Wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy soils, without humusy top layer, acid pH.
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: Pink.
Flower Characteristics: Nearly inconspicuous, but semi-showy.
Flowering Season: Spring.
Fruit: Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology: This is a carnivorous plant that captures insects with its sticky leaves.
Comments: See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's
Flower Friday page.
