General Landscape Uses:
Primarly recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Medium herbaceous shrub-like wildflower.
Dimensions: Typically 1-3 feet in height. Is usually as broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Widespread in eastern North America south to northeastern Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
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Habitats: Pinelands and open disturbed sites.
Soils: Moist to wet, moderately 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: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season: Summer-fall.
Fruit: Inconspicuous achene.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed.
Comments: A very attractive wildflower.
