Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also wildflower and butterfly gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small creeping herb with clusters of yellow flowers.
Height:
	About 2-6 inches in height. Spreading and forming small, open patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south, mostly along the Florida coasts, to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. Rare in the Monroe County Keys and very rare or absent in the middle Keys.
Habitats:
	Pinelands, open coastal uplands and disturbed sites.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone 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:
	Secondary line; tolerates significant salt wind without injury, but usually is somewhat protected.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy globose heads.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall; peak in spring.
Fruit:
	Brown flattened pod (legume), about 1" long, splitting open when ripe.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	The leaflets are sensitive, and will close when touched.