General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and rock gardens.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description: Small wildflower with narrow blue-green leaves.
Dimensions: About 1-4 inches in height. Spreading and forming small patches broader than tall.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Monroe County Keys north to Martin, Glades and Sarasota counties, then disjunct to Brevard, Polk and Hillsborough counties, where very rare; West Indies.
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Habitats: Pinelands and dry disturbed sites.
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy heads.
Flowering Season: All year; peak summer-fall.
Fruit: Inconspicuous achene.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed.
Comments: It can be a little weedy. The leaves have a lemonlike smell when crushed.
