Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Bout 6-12 inches in height. Spreading and forming small open patches broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; West Indies. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone 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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Dark blue with 2 parallel white stripes.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, 5/8" long and 1/2" wide.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous nutlet.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Valuable source of seeds for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments:
	It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida.