[5] The plant is found in increasingly rare habitat in Central Florida that is being consumed for development, and some protected areas are not managed adequately.

The fragrant flower has four elongated, narrow lobes in its bell-shaped corolla and measures up to 1.5 centimeters long.

It is a plant of the well-drained yellow and white sands that remain from the ancient dunes that once covered this section of Central Florida.

Most of the habitats in which the plants grow, such as scrub and sandhills, are dependent on periodic fires for their health and maintenance.

[5][7] This plant may be a dominant species in some very localized areas, and may be codominant with other shrubs and trees, forming thickets.

[6] It has been noted to grow alongside yellow plum (Ximenia americana), silk bay (Persea humilis), scrub hickory (Carya floridana), sand pine (Pinus clausa), sandhill rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides), and several oaks.

[5] Also, its habitat must be safe from damage and degradation, including improper fire management and outright destruction in the conversion of the land to housing or agriculture use.