| Ovateleaf indian plantain
|
| Arnoglossum ovatum
|
| Asteraceae
|
Landscape Uses:
|
|
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
|
|
| Availability: |
|
Available at native plant nurseries in central Florida. |
| Description: |
| |
Small herb. |
| Height: |
| |
Basal rosette 3-6 inches in height; to 3 feet when in flower. About as broad as tall except when in flower. |
| Growth Rate: |
| |
Moderate. |
| Range: |
| |
Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties. Perhaps never present or extirpated in Broward County. |
| Habitats: |
| |
Wet pinelands, marshes and seepage slopes. |
| Soils: |
| |
Moist, well-drained to moderately well-drained sandy soils, without humusy top layer. |
| 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: |
| |
Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established. |
| Light Requirements: |
| |
Full sun. |
| Flower Color: |
| |
White. |
| Flower Characteristics: |
| |
Showy. |
| Flowering Season: |
| |
Summer-fall. |
| Fruit: |
| |
Inconspicuous achene. |
| Wildlife and Ecology: |
| |
|
| Horticultural Notes: |
| |
Can be grown from seed. |
| Comments: |
| |
|
|
|
|
|