Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An empheral groundcover in open areas in beach dune and coastal strand.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Small creeping herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	About 3-6 inches in height. Spreading and forming small, open patches.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and southeastern United States west along the coasts to Louisiana and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; Bermuda and Cuba.
Habitats:
	Open coastal uplands.
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:
	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:
	Yellowish-orange.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy but small.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous linear capsule. All year.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
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