General Landscape Uses:
Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Availability:
Grown by enthusiasts.
Description: Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Dimensions: About 12-18 inches in height. Speading and forming dense patches.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Not documented on barrier islands in South Florida, but possibly historically present; it grows well at
Pan’s Garden in Palm Beach.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of suggested ZIP codes from South Florida north to southern Brevard, Osceola, Polk, and Pasco counties.
Map of ZIP codes with habitat recommendations from the Monroe County Keys north to Martin and Charlotte counties.
Habitats: Marshes.
Soils: On logs in swamps or in floating mats of vegetation in open water.
Nutritional Requirements: High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
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.
Flower Color: Greenish.
Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy.
Flowering Season: Summer-fall.
Fruit: Capsule containing numerous minute seeds.
