Hogwort
Croton capitatusnative · Hill Country
Hogwort is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 2–3 ft tall and 0.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white in summer. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spread
- 0.5 ft
- Bloom
- Summer · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, loam, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
79 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.