Talayote
Cynanchum racemosumnative · Hill Country
Talayote is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 8–15 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms green and white in spring, summer and fall. Good for bees, butterflies, beetles and nectar insects.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Vine
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 8–15 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · green, white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, gravelly, loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies, beetles and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces
1,022 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.