Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common coastal plant, but most frequent in tidal marshes.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small creeping herb.
Height:
	Typically 2-4 inches in height or smaller. Spreading along the ground and forming mats.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north to Volusia and Levy counties; Louisiana and Texas; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and western Africa.
Habitats:
	Coastal wetlands and, less frequently, coastal uplands.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, periodically inundated brackish or saline soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	High; tolerates flooding by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak in spring.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous utricle.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from cuttings.
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