Downy Lobelia
Lobelia puberulanative · Central Texas
Downy Lobelia is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 3–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water. Blooms blue and white in summer and fall. Good for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and nectar insects.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 3–4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · blue, white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on moist, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Southern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces
20 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.