Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla pentachaetanative · Hill Country
Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and very low water. Blooms yellow in spring, summer and fall. Good for bees, butterflies and moths.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on calcareous, dry, gravelly, limestone, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies and moths
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland
270 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.