FNPS Plant Database

Palafoxia integrifolia

many-wings, coastalplain palafox

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

many-wings, coastalplain palafox

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Palafoxia integrifolia

Family:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

3-4 ft tall by 2-4 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white,pink

Fruit Color:

white

Phenology:

Deciduous. Blooms in late summer and fall.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Since this gets tall, plant it at the rear of a wildflower garden. Individual stems are narrow, but older specimens can have multiple stems. Blooms in mid-fall with blooms concentrated at the tops of the stems.

Considerations:

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Short very dry periods

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

Soil pH:

Acidic to circum-neutral

Suitable to Grow In:

9A,9B,10A,10B

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Attracts bees, butterflies and moths. 





Said to attract scarab beetles.

Native Habitats:

Dry or scrubby flatwoods and , coastal hammocks. Common after fire.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Not readily available from nurseries but said to be easy to grow.



Palafoxia feayi is a related species, also beautiful, but harder to row and even less available.  It is associated with the scrubs of the central peninsula.

Citations:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https//florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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