Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A common understory herb in hammocks nearly throughout South Florida.
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 6-9 inches in height; 12-15 inches when in flower. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	North Key Largo in the Monroe County Keys, Miami-Dade and Collier counties north to Duval, Bradford and Levy counties; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Moist forests and swamps.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to moderate shade.
Flower Color:
	Green.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Fall-winter.
Fruit:
	Capsule containing numerous minute seeds.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.