| Florida diamond flowers
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| Stenaria nigricans var. floridana
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| Rubiaceae
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Landscape Uses:
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Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and rock gardens. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
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It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands. |
| Availability: |
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Grown by enthusiasts. |
| Description: |
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Small herbaceous wildflower. |
| Height: |
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About 2-4 inches tall. Spreading and becoming broader than tall. |
| Growth Rate: |
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Fast. |
| Range: |
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Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; Bahamas. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key. Also collected on the island of Key West in the mid 1800s. |
| Habitats: |
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Pine rocklands. |
| Soils: |
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Moist, well-drained limestone soils, without humus. |
| Nutritional Requirements: |
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Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. |
| Salt Water Tolerance: |
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Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water. |
| Salt Wind Tolerance: |
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Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |
| Drought Tolerance: |
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High; does not require any supplemental water once established. |
| Light Requirements: |
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Full sun. |
| Flower Color: |
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White. |
| Flower Characteristics: |
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Semi-showy. |
| Flowering Season: |
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All year. |
| Fruit: |
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Inconspicuous globose capsule. |
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| Comments: |
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Beryn Harty, 2015 Monroe County, Florida
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Beryn Harty, 2015 Monroe County, Florida
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