Landscape Uses:
	Accent vine.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Native plant nurseries. Available in Lake Worth at Amelia's SmartyPlants, Available in Key West at Key West Botanical Garden.
Description:
	Clambering or twining woody vine with glossy leaves and attractive yellow flowers.
Height:
	N/A; vine with stems to 10 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north to St. Lucie and Lee counties; the West Indies and the Bay Islands of Honduras.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, hammocks and coastal thickets.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained to moderately well-drained sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without humusy top layer.
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:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, about 2" wide.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Two-parted pod of elongated, slender incurved follicles.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for polka-dot wasp moths (Syntomeida epilais).
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	An attractive twining vine with glossy leaves. The sap is poisonous if ingested, is irritating to the eyes and can cause a skin rash.