Landscape Uses:
	Groundcover in open, coastal uplands.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An important sand binder in coastal uplands througout South Florida.
Availability:
	Native plant nurseries. Available in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Small shrub with spreading branches. Leaves light green, succulent and smooth.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height. Spreading and becoming much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; Bahamas and Cuba. Rare and scatted in the Monroe County Keys.
Habitats:
	Beach dunes, coastal strand and coastal grasslands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained 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:
	Pioneer; grows in unconsolidated substrate in direct salt wind and spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Green.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous yellowish-brown achenes in globular clusters.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	A principal sand binder in the pioneer zone of beach dunes.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Comments:
	It roots along the stems when covered with sand.