Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also moist to wet wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small to medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Basal rosette about 1-3 inches in height; to 16 inches when in flower. Broader than tall except when in flower.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland.
Habitats:
	Wet pinelands and marl prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, seasonally inundated sandy or calcareous 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:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts bee and butterfly pollinators. Provides seeds and insects for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.