Gray Vervain
Verbena canescensnative · Hill Country
Gray Vervain is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white, blue and purple in Apr–Oct. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Oct · white, blue, purple
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, moist, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
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
1,817 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.