General Landscape Uses:
Wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Perennial wildflower with small leaves and petite, whitish-pink flowers.
Dimensions: Typically 2-3 feet in height, as broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Eastern half of the United States from Maine to Minnesota south to eastern Texas and Lake and Seminole 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: Bluff forests, floodplain forests, creek swamps.
Soils: Moist to wet, moderately well-drained to poorly drained organic soils.
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 to low; requires moist to wet soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Light shade to full sun.
Flower Color: Whitish pink.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Fall.
Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects.
References: Mellichamp (
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.
