Lizard's Tail
Saururus cernuusnative · Central Texas
Lizard's Tail is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and high water. Blooms white in Apr–Aug. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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 (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- High
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Aug · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on brackish, moist, mud, wet
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
116 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.