Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium to large herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-4 feet in height. Usually taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland; Greater Antilles.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly drained 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:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts insect pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.