Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	It can be used as one of many understory herbs in pine rocklands.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Erect medium herb.
Height:
	About 1-3 feet in height. Usually taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic to the Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County. On the mainland, native from Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park northeast along the Miami Rock Ridge to the Miami River.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands and coastal hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low to moderate; it can grow in nutrient poor soils or soils with some organic content.
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:
	Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Green.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Three-lobed green capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	The leaves may take on a metalic sheen. It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).