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Ernodea littoralis
Low specimen plant, mass plantings. Can be used as a low hedge, even sheared. Useful for beach dune stabilization.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure t
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Considertions, Clonal.
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Wildlife, Provides food for birds.
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Habitat, Dunes, coastal areas with rocky soils (sunny, open areas), pine rockland
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Flowers attract butterflies.
- Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
- Beautiful silhouette
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Excellent small to medium hedge
- Cornerstone plant in South Florida
Picramnia pentandra
Listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have any needed permits.
This has been known to escape outside of
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Birds eat the seed.
Dispersal is by birds and gravity.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for the bush sulphur butterfly, Urema dina helios
Attracts generalist pollinators.
- Striking silhouette
- Elegant appearance
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Falls over easily, may require staking
Koanophyllon villosum
Back of garden screen
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Habitat, Pine rockland, edges of hammocks
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Magnificent when flowering
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
Piloblephis rigida
This is nearly endemic to Florida (there are a few documented occurrences in southeastern Georgia).
Wildflower garden, groundcover.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Considertions, Short-lived: it tends to die back after a few years.
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Habitat, Scrubby flatwoods, scrub, dry flatwoods, dry prairie, sandhill, ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees (Florida Wildflower Foundation Blog). Documented bee visitors include Agapostemoiz spl
- Attracts butterflies
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Ringed trunk
- Unique foliage and silhouette
Sabatia brevifolia
Not generally grown, little information on culture has been located.
Wildflower in moist casual setting.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Habitat, Moist flatwoods, savannas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Bees have been documented using this species including Dialictus nymphalis and D. tegularis (Deyrup et al. 2002).
- Breathtaking
- Self-shedding fronds
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
- Recently classified invasive
- Ringed trunk
- Grows tall, but not massive
