Landscape Uses:
	Water gardens and along pond and lake edges.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Floating aquatic wildflower
Height:
	N/A; floating aquatic.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Texas and Louisiana and in peninsular Florida from Levy county south to Hendry and Collier counties and scattered elsewhere; northern Bahamas and Mexico.
Habitats:
	Sloughs, marshes and swamps.
Soils:
	Wet, poorly-drained organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
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 or pale violet.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Fruit berrylike.
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