Vanilla-plant

Carphephorus odoratissimus
(Deer's Tongue • Florida Paintbrush)
Español: Mirto
Wildflower garden or meadow..

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Hydric to mesic pine flatwoods, cutthroat seeps, sandhills, flatwoods, bogs, pond margins.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Attracts many butterflies (NSIS), bees and other pollinators. 
  • Documented bees include Augochlorella aurata, Dianthidium floridiense, Coelioxys octodentata, C. sayi, Megachile albitarsis, M. inimica and Bombus pennsylvanicus (Deyrup et al. 2002).