Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional understory herb in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small, fine-textured grasslike herb.
Height:
	Typically 3-6 inches in height; to 12 inches when in flower. About as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe and Miami-Dade counties; disjunct in Citrus and Hernando counties; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World tropics. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Bahia Honda, Big Pine Key and nearby islands.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands, marl prairie and coastal uplands.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained 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:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Yellowish-green inflorescence.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Possible larval host plant for grass-skipper butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	A very attractive small fine-textured herb for sunny rockland gardens.