Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Ephemeral in open areas of beach dune and coastal strand along the east coast.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Small creeping annual herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 2-6 inches in height. Spreading and forming rather large, open patches.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Miami-Dade County north along the east coast to St. Lucie County, but perhaps not extant north of Palm Beach County; southern Mexico.
Habitats:
	Beach dunes and open disturbed sites along the coast.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Pioneer; grows in unconsolidated substrate in direct salt wind and spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Purple.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy. Dimorphic; showy flowers are purple and infertile.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall; peak in summer.
Fruit:
	Brown peanut-like fruit form and mature underground. Fall.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	A very ephemeral annual that prefers newly disturbed sand. It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page and a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog about the interesting pollination and reproduction of Beach-peanut.