General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes: A somewhat common element in marshes, wet pinelands and along the edges of freshwater swamps.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Small shrubby wildflower. Leaves needle-like.
Dimensions: About 2-3 feet in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland.
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Habitats: Pinelands, marshes and prairies.
Soils: Wet to moist, seasonally inundated 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: Semi-showy clusters of flowers.
Flowering Season: Summer-fall.
Fruit: Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology: Provides some food and cover for wildlife.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed. Harvest seed when mature, but before it becomes dried out.
