Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wet to moist wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 6-12 inches in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland north and west to Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
Habitats:
	Marshes and wet prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Pale purplish.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.