General Landscape Uses:
Water gardens and along pond and lake edges.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Floating aquatic wildflower
Dimensions: N/A; floating aquatic.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Texas and Louisiana and in peninsular Florida from Levy county south to Hendry and Collier counties and scattered elsewhere; northern Bahamas and Mexico.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Sloughs, marshes and swamps.
Soils: Wet, poorly-drained organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements: High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
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 to light shade.
Flower Color: Blue or pale violet.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring-summer.
Fruit: Fruit berrylike.
