Spach's Evening Primrose
Oenothera spachiananative · Central Texas
Spach's Evening Primrose is an annual wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms yellow in spring. Good for bees.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · yellow
- Soil
- Recorded on sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
10 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.