Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also an accent groundcover in coastal uplands.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An ephemeral groundcover in the front line of beach dunes.
Availability:
Description:
	Prostrate herbaceous vine with short stems.
Height:
	Typically 1-6 inches inches in height; stems short, less than 5 feet, rooting at the nodes.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. Very rare in the Monroe County Keys and perhaps absent to the west of Bahia Honda.
Habitats:
	Beach dunes.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy 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:
	Pioneer; grows in unconsolidated substrate in direct salt wind and spray.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White and yellow (or with purplish lobes).
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall; peak summer-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	Often ephemeral on beach dunes in South Florida. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.