Landscape Uses:
	Accent groundcover. Wildflower and rock gardens.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Native plant nurseries. Available in Miami at Pro Native Consulting (786-488-3101), in Sarasota at Florida Native Plants Nursery (941-322-1915) and in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305).
Description:
	Small shrub or woody groundcover with attractive yellow flowers.
Height:
	About 2-4 feet in height. Spreading and becoming much broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; Bahamas and Cuba. Very rare or absent in the upper Monroe County Keys. In Miami-Dade County, native to the Miami Rock Ridge from Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park northeast perhaps as far north as the Miami River.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands and rockland hammock edges.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, with or without humusy top layer.
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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, about 3/4" wide.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Brown pod (legume).
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Larval host plant for cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae), sleepy orange (Eurema nicippe) and the introduced orange-barred sulphur (Phoebis philea) butterflies. A gland at the base of the leaves attracts ants that attack the butterfly caterpillars. Attracts pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.