General Landscape Uses:
Wildflower for naturalistic landscapes.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Branched, bushy wildflower with leaves 2 inches long. Flower clusters six inches long with 1 inch flowers.
Dimensions: Typically 3 feet in height.
Range:
Very rare in Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and western Georgia.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Moist hammocks, floodplain forests
Soils: Moist to occasionally wet, well-drained to moderately well-drained, sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high; grows best with some organic content and may languish 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: Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Light shade to shade.
Flower Color: White
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: March to May.
Fruit: Inflated pods.
Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects.
Horticultural Notes: Forms a deep taproot.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Rickett 1975
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.
