Metz's Wild Petunia
Ruellia metziaenative · Hill Country
Metz's Wild Petunia is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white in Jun–Aug. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Jun–Aug · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on gravelly, limestone
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland
826 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.