General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Small herbaceous wildflower.
Dimensions: About 1-2 inches in height; to 10 inches when in flower. Taller than broad when in flower.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Palm Beach and Collier counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Wet pinelands.
Soils: Wet to moist, moderately well-drained acid 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: Blue.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy.
Flowering Season: Winter-spring.
Fruit: Inconspicuous capsule.
Comments: It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's
Flower Friday page.
