Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and a few native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-3 inches in height; to 3 feet when in flower. Usually taller than broad, but sometimes falling over and forming open patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties. Scattered and nowhere common in South Florida. Perhaps extirpated in Broward County.
Habitats:
	Pinelands.
Soils:
	Dry to moist, well-drained sandy 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:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Purplish or rarely white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Nectar plant for butterflies. Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects. Valuable source of insects for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	See a 2018 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on Blazing Stars and their flowers.