Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common undestory herb in a wide variety of open uplands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 4-12 inches in height. Sometimes as broad as tall and sometimes taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and southern United States west to Louisiana and south to the Monroe County Keys. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and coastal uplands.
Soils:
	Moist to dry, 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:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
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; peak summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	The entire plant is covered with stinging hairs, thus the common name "tread-softly." See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.