Drummond's Hedgenettle
Stachys drummondiinative · Central Texas
Drummond's Hedgenettle is an annual wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms pink and purple in spring and summer. Good for butterflies, moths and nectar insects.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer · pink, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies, moths and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Floodplains and Low Terraces
19 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.