General Landscape Uses:
Natural wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Perennial 1-3 feet tall with erect stems. Leaves 1-14 inches long, finely lobed. Domed cluster of ray flowers white or light pink to deep purple.
Dimensions: Typically 1-3 feet in height.
Range:
Widespread in North America south to Volusia County, where collected once in
1911; Mexico, Central America, South America. Naturalized in the Old World.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Dry or damp sandy sites.
Soils: Dry to 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: 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 light pink to deep purple
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring to summer.
Fruit: Achenes.
Wildlife and Ecology: Nectar source for Little metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis) butterfly.
References: Hall (
2020)
Comments: We have been adding data for this species for central and northern Florida and welcome any feedback or review. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
