General Landscape Uses:
Large wildflower for natural settings.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Perennial wildflower up to 10 feet tall with purplish green stems. Showy pink flowers in a large, round-topped clump.
Dimensions: Usually 10 feet in height.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Eastern United States, scattered west to eastern Texas. South through the panhandle and Putnam, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Polk, and Osceola counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Moist hammocks and flatwoods.
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy soils, with or without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low to moderate; it can grow in nutrient poor soils or soils with some organic content.
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: Full sun.
Flower Color: Pink to purplish.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: May-July.
Fruit: Nutlets with fluff.
Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts pollinators.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Waskowski (
2010)
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.
