Small Coastal Germander
Teucrium cubensenative · Central Texas
Small Coastal Germander is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white in Mar–Oct. Good for butterflies and nectar insects.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Oct · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Floodplains and Low Terraces
317 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.