Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 6-12 inches in height. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic to Florida from Broward and Collier counties north to Duval County and the eastern Florida Panhandle. Collected in Miami-Dade County but apparently not native there.
Habitats:
	Pinelands.
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:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Blue.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.