Landscape Uses:
	Wildflower gardens. Moist coastal locations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A relatively commmon element of coastal uplands.
Availability:
	Widely cultivated. Available in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower from a basal rosette. Leaves strap-like, leathery, up to 2 1/2 feet long.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height, more when in flower. About as tall as broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north along the coasts to Volusia, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties; Texas; West Indies.
Habitats:
	Coastal beaches and thickets; sometimes along the margins of mangrove swamps.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained to occasionally inundated brackish sandy soils.
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:
	Frontline; grows in direct salt wind but away from constant salt spray.
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:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy. Fragrant.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Green fleshy capsule. Maturing in fall.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and divisions.
Comments:
	Luber grasshoppers chew the leaves. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.