General Landscape Uses:
Showy addition to the edges of ponds.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Deciduous, clump forming wildflower 1-2 feet tall. Very showy, white flowers 3 inches long. Leaves are narrow and straplike, 1 foot long.
Dimensions: 1-2 feet in height.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southern United States scattered south to Walton, Liberty, Franklin, and Leon counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Floodplain forests, hammocks, wet meadows.
Soils: Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to periodically inundated sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without 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 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: Light shade.
Flower Color: White.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring to summer.
Fruit: Green, egg-shaped fleshy berry.
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.
