General Landscape Uses:
Understory specimen tree.
Availability:
Available at native plant nurseries in northeast Florida.
Description: Small understory tree or deciduous shrub up to 15 feet tall with large leaves 20 inches long and 12 inches wide. Leaves are whitish underneath. Large flowers 12 inches wide.
Dimensions: Typically 15 feet in height.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Endemic to the Florida Panhandle. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Wet hammocks.
Soils: Wet to moist, 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: Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color: Creamy white.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring - summer.
Fruit: Conspicuous, fuzzy, cone-like, 2-4 inches long with bright red seeds.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Nelson (
1994)
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.
