Landscape Uses:
	Not recommended for general landscape use. It can be incorporated into habitat restorations but it can be very aggressive, recruiting readily from seed and growing very quickly.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Occasionally grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	1-2 feet in height; generally taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Widespread in North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; a naturalized weed in Hawaii and elsewhere.
Habitats:
	Coastal and disturbed uplands.
Soils:
	Moist to dry, well-drained sandy or 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:
	Secondary line; tolerates significant salt wind without injury, but usually is somewhat protected.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	the flowers are green, subtended by large reddish leafy bracts.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Insignificant capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.