General Landscape Uses:
Groundcover in shady locations.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Colony-forming wildflower with hairy leaves 1-3 inches long and showy, yellow, daisy-like flowers 1 inch across.
Dimensions: Typically 2-4 inches in height.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Eastern North America south to the Florida Panhandle in Leon, Gadsden, Jackson, and Walton counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Moist to dry woods
Soils: Moist to dry, well-drained, sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without 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 long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Moderate shade to light shade.
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: November
Fruit: Single nutlets
References: Mellichamp (
2014), Wunderlin and Hansen 2011
Comments: We have been adding data for this species for central and northern Florida and welcome any feedback or review. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
