Hoary Verbena
Verbena strictanative · Central Texas
Hoary Verbena is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 2–6 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and very low water. Blooms purple in Jul–Sep. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 2–6 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Jul–Sep · purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Cross TimberWestern Gulf Coastal Plain
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.