Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Commonly available at native plant nurseries in central Florida.
Description:
	Medium shrub.
Height:
	Typically 3-4 feet in height. Usually taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Peninsular Florida from Volusia, Marion, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties.
Habitats:
	Scrubby flatwoods and scrub.
Soils:
	Moist to dry, 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:
	Pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy inflorescence.
Flowering Season:
	Fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Occasional larval host plant for gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterflies. Attracts pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.