Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet to moist wildflower and butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Commonly available at native plant nurseries in South Florida. Available at native plant nurseries in central Florida. Available in Lake Worth at Amelia's SmartyPlants (561-540-6296).
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in heigth. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Endemic to Florida from Nassau County and the Panhandle south to Miami-Dade, Highlands, and Lee counties. Presumed extirpated in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In Broward County, last collected in the Parkland area in 1982. Not documented on barrier islands in South Florida, but possibly historically present; it is cultivated at Pan’s Garden in Palm Beach.
Habitats:
	Wet pinelands.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated 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:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Fall-winter.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Nectar plant for butterflies and birds. Also provides source of insects for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.