Alabama Lipfern
Cheilanthes alabamensisnative · Hill Country
Alabama Lipfern is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 2–5 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants part shade to shade and low water. Blooms no bloom in no bloom. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter.
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The facts
2 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- No Bloom · no bloom
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, gravelly, limestone, rocky, sand, well drained
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieLimestone Cut Plain
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.