Landscape Uses:
	An excellent groundcover for water gardens and along pond and lake margins.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely cultivated.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-3 feet in height. Forming small clumps about as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Nearly throughout Florida south to Palm Beach, Glades and Collier counties. In Palm Beach and Martin counties, native to the Dupuis Reserve and J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area.
Habitats:
	Swamps, marshes and wet prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, poorly-drained to moderately well-drained organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
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 to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Purple.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or divisions.
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.