Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 4-8 inches in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Widespread in eastern North America south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; very rare and primarily growing as an ephemeral weed in Miami-Dade County.
Habitats:
	Open disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Moist, well drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Pale to dark blue.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for common buckeye (Junonia coenia) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.