Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower and pollinator gardens. This is an exceptional plant for many kinds of pollinators including butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. For a planting guides, visit the Florida Wildflower Foundation.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by native plant nurseries. Available in Lake Worth at Indian Trails Native Nursery (561-641-9488) and at Amelia's SmartyPlants (561-540-6296) and in Melbourne at Native Butterfly Flowers (321-626-7386).
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 1-3 feet in height. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and central North America west to New Mexico and south to Palm Beach and Collier counties.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and coastal uplands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low to moderate; it can grow in nutrient poor soils or soils with some organic content.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous aggregate of 4 nutlets.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Visited by a wide variety of pollinators, including native bees, butterflies, wasps, and humminbirds.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.