Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens in the upper Florida Keys.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Grows along the edges of coastal hammocks, but may become too aggressive during early stages of restoration.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Climbing vine with tendrils.
Height:
	N/A; a vine with stems to 10 ft or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Monroe and Miami-Dade counties; West Indies, Texas, Mexico, Central America and South America. In the Monroe County Keys, very rare or extirpated south of Plantation Key and apparently absent from the lower Keys.
Habitats:
	Coastal hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inflated, papery capsule; seeds with a heart-shaped hilum.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for Miami blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) and silver-banded hairstreak (Chlorostrymon simaethis) butterflies; occasional larval host for gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	Recruits readily in the garden from seed.