Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also moist to wet wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-3 feet tall. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to Palm Beach and Collier counties.
Habitats:
	Moist to wet pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, moderately well-drained acid sandy soils with some organic contect, with or without humusy top layer.
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:
	Red to orange, yellow at the center.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.