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.

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

Not frequently seen for sale, but readily available from plant fragments. Used in wetland restoration. Water gardens and ponds.

Endemic to Florida. Occasionally grown as a curiosity.

Groundcover.