General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also dry wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Small shrubby wildflower with needle-like leaves.
Dimensions: About 6-18 inches in height. As broad as tall or broader.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States south to Palm Beach and Collier counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of ZIP codes with habitat recommendations from the Monroe County Keys north to Martin and Charlotte counties.
Habitats: Pinelands and scrub.
Soils: Moist to dry, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate 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: Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy.
Flowering Season: Spring-summer.
Fruit: Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology: Provides some food and cover for wildlife.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed. Harvest seed when mature, but before it becomes dried out.
