Green Dragon
Arisaema dracontiumnative · Central Texas
Green Dragon is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants shade and medium water. Blooms white, yellow, green and brown in Apr–Jun. Deer rarely browse it.
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
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Shade (0–2 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- About 3 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jun · white, yellow, green, brown
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
Where it grows
206 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.