General Landscape Uses:
Showy yellow wildflower.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Wildflower up to 18 inches tall with a basal rosette and few linear stem leaves. Yellow, tube-shaped flowers in in heads at the top of the stem.
Dimensions: Typically 18 inches in height.
Range:
Endemic to Florida, mostly in the peninsula from Flagler, Bradford, Alachua, and Levy counties south to Broward and Collier counties; disjunct in Gulf County in the Florida Panhandle. The typical variety is found from Volusia, Pinellas, and Pasco counties to the north in the southeatern United States, so there is some overlap.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of suggested ZIP codes from South Florida north to southern Brevard, Osceola, Polk, and Pasco counties.
Habitats: Moist flatwoods
Soils: Wet to moist, seasonally inundated sandy soils, without humus.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: All year.
Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts bee pollinators.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Taylor (
1992)
Comments: Distinguished from the typical variety in having leaves usually more than 10 cm (4 inches) long and less than 4 mm (1.5 inches) wide, versus leaves usually less than 10 cm long and more than 4 mm wide. 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.
