Carolina Ponysfoot
Dichondra carolinensisCarolina Ponysfoot is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0–0.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms green and white in spring, summer and fall. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees, butterflies, moths and nectar insects.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0–0.5 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · green, white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies, moths and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
1,055 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.