Rio Grande Globe Amaranth
Gomphrena haageanaRio Grande Globe Amaranth is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 0.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms pink, purple and red in summer and fall. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 0.5 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · pink, purple, red
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
7 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.