Snow Squarestem

Although it has square stems and opposite leaves like members of the mint family (Lamiaceae), this is a member of the daisy family, but it has no ray florets that look like petals. All the florets in the flower head are fertile.



Use in a butterfly garden or informal wildflower garden.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Can get rangy and may need pruning. Reseeds, so plant it where that's not a problem.

Edges of upland hardwood forests, hydric hammocks, maritime hammocks, pine flatwoods, pine-oak-hickory woods, calcareous hammocks, coastal hammocks, open areas.

• Showy flowers
• Heavily used by butterflies, skippers, bees, and wasps for nectar.  This plant is an insect magnet.