This is one of the few pink tickseeds. Wet garden areas. This species will persist only if conditions remain moist.

Small specimen tree or large shrub. Background edge and screen plantings.

It forms root nodules with a symbiont fungus to fix its own nitrogen; so it grows well in poor or sterile soil. Its persistent fruit looks like a very small pine cone. Informal specimen plant or could be used as a mass planting or hedge in moist areas. It is usually a multi-stemmed tall shrub.

Wildflower in moist garden. Forms colonies.