Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower and rock gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small to medium erect wildflower.
Height:
	About 6-18 inches in height, sometimes taller, or vine-like to 3 feet in length. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Slow.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade and Collier counties; West Indies. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key and nearby islands.
Habitats:
	Pinelands and marl prairies.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone or sandy 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:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, about 1" long and 3/4" wide.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Slender cylindrical pods.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	The flower resembles a small form of the commonly cultivated allamanda. The sap can cause eye irritation and a skin rash. It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.