Mouse's Eye
Bernardia myricifolianative · Hill Country
Mouse's Eye is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–8 ft tall and 8 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and very low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in spring and fall. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees and butterflies.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spread
- 8 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Fall · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, limestone, rocky, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones Canyonlands
5 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.