General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also dry wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Widely available in central Florida. Available at native plant nurseries in northeast Florida.
Description: Small shrubby wildflower with needle-like leaves.
Dimensions: About 6-18 inches in height. As broad as tall or broader.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Palm Beach and Collier counties.
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Habitats: Pinelands and scrub.
Soils: Moist to dry, 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: Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance: Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy.
Flowering Season: Spring-summer.
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.
