Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small creeping perennial herb.
Height:
	Typically 1-3 inches in height. Spreading and forming small mats much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Georgia and Florida south to Broward and Collier counties. Perhaps extirpated in Broward County.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, marshes and swamps.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to poorly drained organic or sandy soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate to low; it prefers soils with organic content, but will still grow reasonably well 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 to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Blue violet, mottled.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.