Prairie Tea
Croton monanthogynusnative · Hill Country
Prairie Tea is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms white in Apr–Sep. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Sep · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on calcareous, 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 WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
2,732 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.