General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Submerged aquatic herb.
Dimensions: N/A; submerged or floating aquatic.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Widespread in North America south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; Cuba.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of ZIP codes with habitat recommendations from the Monroe County Keys north to Martin and Charlotte counties.
Habitats: Freshwater streams and sloughs in swamps.
Soils: Permanantly inundated soils.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor 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: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color: Greenish.
Flower Characteristics: Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season: All year.
Fruit: Inconspicuous capsule.
