Narrowleaf Goldshower
Galphimia angustifolianative · Hill Country
Narrowleaf Goldshower is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 2–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms orange and yellow in May–Sep. Deer rarely browse it.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- May–Sep · orange, yellow
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, moist, rocky
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces
490 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.