General Landscape Uses:
Wildflower or groundcover for wet areas.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Deciduous, bulbous wildflower which forms extensive colonies by underground stolons. Leaves 3-6 inches long, mottled green and purple. Showy yellow flowers in late winter.
Dimensions: Typically 4-6 inches in height.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Gadsden, Liberty, and Leon counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Hammocks.
Soils: Moist to seasonally inundated, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
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: Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Moderate shade to light shade.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Late winter.
Fruit: Rounded pods.
References: Mellichamp (
2014), 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.
