Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also an accent shrub in coastal uplands.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A somewhat rare element of beach dunes and coastal strand.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small, dense shrubby herb. Leaves greenish with a silvery cast, to 2 inches long.
Height:
	Typically 1-3 feet in height. As broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to slow.
Range:
	Southern United States west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; Cuba, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
Habitats:
	Open coastal uplands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy 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:
	Frontline; grows in direct salt wind but away from constant salt spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous. Fragrant. Unisexual, with male flowers above and female below, clustered toward the ends of the stems.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and cuttings.
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