Berlandier's Yellow Flax
Linum berlandierinative · Hill Country
Berlandier's Yellow Flax is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1.5–6 ft tall and 8 ft wide. It wants part shade to shade and very low water. Blooms orange and yellow in spring and summer. Good for bees, birds and butterflies.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 1.5–6 ft
- Spread
- 8 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer · orange, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on gravelly, limestone, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
274 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
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.