Field Snake Cotton

Field Snake Cotton (Froelichia floridana) is an annual forb native to Southern and Midwestern US states (such as Florida, Texas, Minnesota, and Nebraska) that can thrive in USDA Zones 4–10. Reaching a mature height of 2–3 feet with an upright branching growth habit, it features narrow, woolly gray-green leaves and produces dense, cottony white to silvery cylindrical flower spikes. It thrives in dry, sandy soils, open fields, and sand prairies and is ideal for sandy soil stabilization, post-disturbance revegetation, and dryland habitat creation.