Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Twining, low climbing vine.
Height:
	N/A; a vine with stems to 8 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe and Miami-Dade counties north along the west coast to Manatee County; West Indies, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Hammocks and thickets, mostly along the coasts.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone or calcareous sandy soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to full sun.
Flower Color:
	Bright pink with thin white lines fading to bluish-pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Small brown pod (legume).
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for cassius blue (Leptotes cassius), long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus), zestos skipper (Epargyreus zestos) and zarucco duskywing (Erynnis zarucco) butterflies. Nectar plant for hammock skipper (Polygonus leo) and other butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
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