Showy Fanpetals
Sida lindheimerinative · Hill Country
Showy Fanpetals is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white and yellow in spring, summer and fall. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · white, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsEdwards Plateau WoodlandSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
90 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.