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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Evening Rainlily

Cooperia drummondii
native · Hill Country

Evening Rainlily is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1 ft tall and 0 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white in May–Sep. Good for 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
Medium
Height
1 ft
Spread
0 ft
Bloom
May–Sep · white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, dry, limestone, moist
Wildlife
Supports nectar insects

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie

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.