Hairy Waterclover
Marsilea vestitanative · Hill Country
Hairy Waterclover is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water. Blooms not applicable in no bloom. Good for birds and small mammals.
Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- No Bloom · not applicable
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on moist, mud, sand
- Deer
- Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low Terraces
169 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.