Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also margins of ponds and lakes.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Small to medium creeping herb.
Height:
	About 1-2 feet in height. Spreading and forming mats much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Widespread in North America south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Habitats:
	Marshes and swamps.
Soils:
	Wet, poorly-drained to moderately well-drained sandy or organic soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
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:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous nut.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Attracts bees, wasps, flies, beetles, and other insect pollinators. The seeds are eaten by ducks, rails, and granivorous songbirds.
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