Specimen plant or rock garden.

Lawn-like groundcover especially near the edges of salt water.

Salt marsh restoration.  Not a good choice for most landscape uses.

Sprawling. Best used as a wildflower.

Poisonous if ingested. Groundcover in open, dry, sandy sites especially on dunes and the upper fringes of beaches.

Listed as Endangered in Florida.  Also found in Central and South America and parts of the Caribbean. This species has only recently begun to be cultivated in Florida.  Expect this information to be upgraded as more is learned.  Right now the only native nursery that we know of that is growing this species is Green Isles Gardens near Clermont, FL.

The various sources have conflicting opinions on the fruit and its uses. Specimen plant or wildlife planting for moist areas. Screen plant. Suggested by IFAS as a median planting or buffer planting for roadways.

Moist wildflower meadow

Small specimen flower or, en-masse, as a limited area groundcover. Flowers are produced in the morning and close by early afternoon.

Has larger flowers than most lyonias. Can be used as a specimen shrub or in a screen.