Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens in the upper Florida Keys.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	High climbing vine with tendrils.
Height:
	N/A; a vine with stems to 10 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; West Indies and Central America. In the Monroe County Keys, and apparently absent south of Lignumvitae Key. In Miami-Dade County, native only to the Florida Keys in and around Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park.
Habitats:
	Rockland hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to full sun.
Flower Color:
	Calyx green, corolla and corona white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Dark blue capsular berry.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for julia (Dryas iulia) and probably other butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).