Picramnia pentandra
Florida bitterbush
Picramniaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
10-15 ft tall by about 5 ft wide.
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
red
Phenology:
evergreen
Noted For:
Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Useful as a grouped planting or potentially a small specimen tree or large shrub.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Suitable to Grow In:
10A,10B,11
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds
Larval host for the bush sulphur butterfly, Urema dina helios
Attracts generalist pollinators.
Birds eat the seed.
Dispersal is by birds and gravity.
Native Habitats:
Tropical rockland hammock.
