Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 2-4 feet in height.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Widespread in eastern North America west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, prairies and disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Moist to wet, moderately well-drained to well-drained, sandy or limestone soils, 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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	White or blue.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) butterflies. Attracts butterflies, native bees, and other pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.