Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Commonly available at native plant nurseries in central Florida. Available at native plant nurseries in northeast Florida.
Description:
	Small shrubby wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-3 feet in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and central United States west to Kansas and Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico and Honduras. In the Monroe County Keys, known only from Big Pine Key in the lower Keys.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, hammocks and swamp margins.
Soils:
	Moist to seasonally wet, moderately well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
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:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides some food and cover for wildlife. Attracts pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed. Harvest seed when mature, but before it becomes dried out.
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.