Missouri Violet
Viola missouriensisAlso called Violets
Hills guide picknative · Central Texas
Missouri Violet is a groundcover native to Central Texas that grows 0.3–0.5 ft tall and 0.7–0.8 ft wide. It wants shade and low to medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and purple in Feb–Apr.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLow clumping violet with heart-shaped leaves and pale blue-violet flowers in early spring.
Why it works here
Early color in shade under trees, and it naturalizes gently.
Watch out
Summer dormant. Seeds around, which is usually welcome.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Groundcover
- Sun
- Shade (under 3 hrs)
- Water
- Low to medium
- Height
- 0.3–0.5 ft
- Spread
- 0.7–0.8 ft
- Bloom
- Feb–Apr · white, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay
- Deer
- Low — deer eat it; cage or plant where they cannot reach. Browsed and also taken by rabbits.
Size, sun, water and foliage from the Village of the Hills guide; the rest resolved across sources.
Where it grows
98 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.