General Landscape Uses:
Showy yellow wildflower.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Wildflower up to 20 inches tall with a basal rosette and linear stem leaves. Yellow, tube-shaped flowers in in heads at the top of the stem.
Dimensions: Typically 20 inches in height.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Volusia, Pasco and Pinellas counties. Subspecies
australis is found from Flagler, Bradford, Alachua, Levy, and Gulf counties south to Broward and Collier counties, 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: Wet flatwoods and swamp margins
Soils: Wet to moist, seasonally inundated organic, or sandy soils, with or without humusy top layer.
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: 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 subspecies
australis in having leaves usually less than 10 cm (4 inches) long and more than 4 mm(1.5 inches) wide versus having leaves usually more than 10 cm long and less 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.
