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.

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.

Groundcover recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restoration.