Maraca Amarilla
Canna glaucanative · Central Texas
Maraca Amarilla is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 5 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms yellow in Apr–Oct. Good for butterflies.
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
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Height
- About 5 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Oct · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
4 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.