General Landscape Uses:
Water gardens and along pond and lake edges.
Availability:
Available at native plant nurseries in central Florida.
Description: Floating aquatic wildflower.
Dimensions: N/A; floating aquatic.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Widespread in North America south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; West Indies and Central America. Not documented on barrier islands in South Florida, but possibly historically present; it grows well at
Pan’s Garden in Palm Beach.
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: White.
Flower Characteristics: Showy. Fragrant.
Flowering Season: All year.
Fruit: Fruit berrylike.
Horticultural Notes: Roots in 1-6 foot deep water.
Comments: See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's
Flower Friday page.
