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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Brushland Shrubverbena

Lantana achyranthifolia
native · Central Texas

Brushland Shrubverbena is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 2–6 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and very low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white, pink and violet in Feb–Nov. Good for birds and butterflies.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Very low
Height
2–6 ft
Spread
3 ft
Bloom
Feb–Nov · white, pink, violet
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry, limestone, loam, rocky, well drained
Wildlife
Supports birds and butterflies

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Chihuahuan DesertGulf Coast Prairies and MarshesSouthern Texas Plain

2 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.