General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also an accent or specimen shrub.
Description: Medium to large herbaceous wildflower.
Dimensions: 2-4 feet in height.
Growth Rate: Slow.
Range:
Eastern and central United States west to Texas and south to Palm Beach and Lee 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: Dry pinelands.
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy soils, without humus.
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: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Color: White.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Spring.
Fruit: Capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology: Provides moderate amounts of food and cover for wildlife. Larval host plant for yucca giant skipper (Megathymus yuccae) butterflies.
References: Nelson 2003, Schaefer & Tanner 1997
