Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower and rock gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Fairly common in pinelands on the Miami Rock Ridge; rarer elsewhere.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries. Available at Indian Trails Native Nursery in Lake Worth (561-641-9488).
Description:
	Small fine textured wildflower.
Height:
	About 4-8 inches in height. Often taller than wide, but spreading and forming small open patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north to Martin and Collier counties, then rare and scattered to the north in Lee, Highlands, Polk, Hernando and Wakulla counties; Bahamas. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and prairies.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone or 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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Blue or purple.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy, 1/4" wide..
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Possible larval host plant for common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterflies, which utilized the closely related D. oblongifolia.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
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