Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An uncommon understory herb in mesic flatwoods.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida. Available in Fort Myers at All Native Garden Center (239-939-9663)
Description:
	Small to medium wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 6-15 inches in height. Usually erect and taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and central United States west to Texas and south to Broward and Collier counties. Perhaps extirpated in Broward County.
Habitats:
	Pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
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:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Blue or pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for common buckeye (Junonia coenia) and white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) butterflies. It also attract pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seeds, cuttings and divisions.
Comments:
	It will spread from seed in the garden, but is not aggressive. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.