Landscape Uses:
	Water gardens and along pond and lake edges.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common understory element of freshwater marshes.
Availability:
	Widely cultivated.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower from a basal rosette. Leaves strap-like, leathery, 1-4 feet long.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height. About as broad as tall, the flowers emerging taller.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland; West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica).
Habitats:
	Marshes and swamps.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term 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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade or moderate shade.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy. Fragrant.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Green fleshy capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host for Spanish moth (Xanthopastis timais).
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments:
	Luber grasshoppers chew the leaves. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.