General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and rock gardens.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description: Small wildflower with narrow blue-green leaves.
Dimensions: About 1-4 inches in height. Spreading and forming small patches broader than tall.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Monroe County Keys north to Martin, Glades and Sarasota counties, then disjunct to Brevard, Polk and Hillsborough counties, where very rare; West Indies.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of suggested ZIP codes from South Florida north to southern Brevard, Osceola, Polk, and Pasco counties.
Map of ZIP codes with habitat recommendations from the Monroe County Keys north to Martin and Charlotte counties.
Habitats: Pinelands and dry disturbed sites.
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
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: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy heads.
Flowering Season: All year; peak summer-fall.
Fruit: Inconspicuous achene.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from seed.
References: Hammer 2004
Comments: It can be a little weedy. The leaves have a lemonlike smell when crushed.
