The cream-colored petals are crimped at the margins with numerous dark-purple stamen filaments and bluish anthers. Silky hairs cover the lower leaf surface. Specimen plant. This is an open-branched shrub that can be trained into a small tree. It prefers habitats under a high canopy.

Specimen or background plant. It is unusual in that it blooms in the fall.

Blooms mid- summer into fall. Wildflower garden, border plant, rain gardens, containers.

This is one of the few Florida oaks that looks like an oak to most people from the eastern US north of Florida. Tends to be smaller toward the southern end of its range. Specimen or shade tree.

Listed as Endangered in Florida. Rarely planted.  Given the proper support this plant could likely be used as a climbing vine hedge.

The natural range in Florida appears to include the entire mainland and exclude the Florida keys.  Herbarium specimen in the Florida Keys was in a man-made pond leading to the suspicion that the plant was brought in by man and that the keys are not within the natural range of the species. The counties where the plant has not been documented are well within the range of the species and have ample habitats to support this common species (this author has seen it in most of those counties). Wetland gardens and pond edges. Used in wetland restoration.

These pretty little plants are not typically grown, most likely because they are annuals or short-lived perennials and require moist settings. Moist wildflower garden. Grow as annuals.

Dry wildflower garden.  Abundant flowers are produced near the ends of the stems.