Squarebud Daisy
Tetragonotheca texananative · Hill Country
Squarebud Daisy is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms yellow and brown in Apr–Sep. Good for nectar insects.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Sep · yellow, brown
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on calcareous, dry, limestone, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones Canyonlands
665 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.