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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Redwhisker Clammyweed

Polanisia dodecandra
native · Hill Country

Redwhisker Clammyweed is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 2–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms pink, purple and white in spring, summer and fall. Good for bees and butterflies.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Annual wildflower
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
2–3 ft
Spread
2 ft
Bloom
Spring, Summer, Fall · pink, purple, white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Recorded on dry, gravelly, moist, sand
Wildlife
Supports bees and 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

1,341 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.