[2] The wiry stems may branch and may extend beneath the surface of the soil.

The species appears to be resistant to the allelopathic chemicals released into the soil by Florida rosemary.

[8] The plant occurs in openings in the scrub which are maintained by periodic wildfires.

Other plants in this habitat include Calamintha ashei, Cnidoscolus stimulosus, Eryngium cuneifolium, Euphorbia floridana, Hypericum cumulicola, Lechea cernua, Licania michauxii, Paronychia chartacea, Polanisia tenuifolia, Polygonum polygama, Selaginella arenicola, and Stipulicida setacea.

[4] Threats to this species include the destruction of its habitat during the conversion to residential and agricultural property, particularly citrus groves.

[8] As of 2010 there were 119 extant occurrences of the plant for an estimated total exceeding one million individuals.