Golden Groundsel
Packera obovataGolden Groundsel is a groundcover native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1.5 ft tall and 1–2 ft wide. It wants shade and low to medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in Feb–Jun. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLow evergreen rosettes of rounded leaves sending up yellow daisy clusters in early spring.
Why it works here
Evergreen groundcover for dry shade under oaks, spreading steadily and blooming when little else does.
Watch out
Spreads by runners — welcome in a woodland bed, less so in a tidy border.
The facts
7 sources- Type
- Groundcover
- Sun
- Shade (under 3 hrs)
- Water
- Low to medium
- Height
- 1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1–2 ft
- Bloom
- Feb–Jun · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, limestone, loam, moist, rich, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Rarely browsed
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
409 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.