General Landscape Uses:
Wildflower gardens.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Perennial herb up to 10 inches tall with rounded leaflets and delicate white or pinkish flowers.
Dimensions: Typically 4-6 inches in height.
Range:
Eastern half of the United States from New Hampshire to Minnesota south to Gadsden, Leon, and Liberty counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Moist, calcareous hammocks.
Soils: Moist, well-drained limestone or calcareous sandy 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 long-term 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: Moderate to light shade.
Flower Color: White or pinkish.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring.
Fruit: Small greenish nutlets.
References: Mellichamp (
2014), 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.
