Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A critically imperiled element of the South Florida flora, which would benefit from both habitat restoration and population augmentations.
Availability:
	Rarely grown by enthusiasts and at botanical gardens.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 3-9 inches in height. Spreading and forming small open patches broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Peninsular Florida, mostly along the eastern coast from northern Miami-Dade County to Volusia County.
Habitats:
	Primarily open, coastal strand.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy 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:
	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:
	Lavender.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Small pod (legume).
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	For more information, visit our Floristic Inventory of South Florida Database Online. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).