General Landscape Uses:
Showy yellow wildflower for dry areas.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Wildflower forming mounds less than a foot tall with linear leaves 1-2 inches long. Yellow flowers squared off at the tip.
Dimensions: Typically 1 foot in height, often broader than tall.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
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.
Map of ZIP codes with habitat recommendations from the Monroe County Keys north to Martin and Charlotte counties.
Habitats: Sandhills, dunes, dry, open hammocks.
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy soils, with or without a humusy top layer.
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: Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring-summer.
Fruit: Capsule
Horticultural Notes: Seed coating is softened by fire to allow for germination.
References: Hammer (
2016), Wunderlin and Hansen 2011
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. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's
Flower Friday page.
