Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniatanative · Hill Country
Cutleaf Evening Primrose is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–2 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms white, pink and yellow in Mar–Oct. Good for bees, birds and small mammals.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Oct · white, pink, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds, browsing mammals, deer and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
623 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.