General Landscape Uses:
Wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Perennial wildflower up to one foot tall with hairy leaves 2 inches long. Terminal pink to white flowers in clusters. Spreads aggressively, can be mowed.
Dimensions: Typically 1-2 feet in height, spreading.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Southern United States south to Dade and Monroe counties.
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.
Habitats: Flatwoods and disturbed sites.
Soils: Moist to dry, 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: Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun to moderate shade.
Flower Color: Pink to white.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring to fall.
Fruit: Nutlet.
Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts pollinators.
Horticultural Notes: Weedy.
References: Hall (
2020), 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. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's
Flower Friday page.
