Golden Ragwort

Packera aurea

native · Central Texas

Golden Ragwort is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 3.5 ft tall. It wants part shade to shade and medium water. Blooms yellow in early spring. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter.

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

5 sources

Type: Wildflower
Sun: Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: About 3.5 ft
Bloom: Early Spring · yellow
Foliage: Evergreen

Where it grows

2 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.

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.