Endemic to the Florida peninsula. Since this gets tall, plant it at the rear of a wildflower garden. Blooms in mid-fall with blooms concentrated at the tops of the stems.

An important sand dune stabilizer. Groundcover in sandy areas. Used for dune stabilization. Fast growing.

Use as a tall groundcover or small shrub.

This species is grown primarily for its use as a butterfly plant. It is not as showy as the commonly grown introduced plumbago. This species has a pan-tropical distribution. Understory shrub or use a group as a groundcover in a shady setting.

Not typically available commercially. One (P. tenuifolius) in the panhandle,the other on the peninsula.  P. tenuifolius is almost endemic (there is an outlying documented occurrence in Alabama).  It is listed as Threatened. The other (P. grandifolia) is endemic and occurs mostly in the peninsula. Wildflower garden.

Specimen shrub.