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Family:

Gelsemiaceae

Form:

Size:

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

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Availability:

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Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam, Organic

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A

Wildlife:

Attracts bees.

Possibly used by hummingbirds, but toxins in the nectar may make it a last resort.

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General Comments:

Rarely grown but worthy of consideration for moist areas.

Poisonous and nectar may be toxic to some insects.