Texas Nightshade
Solanum triquetrumnative · Hill Country
Texas Nightshade is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water. Blooms violet and white in spring, summer and fall. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · violet, white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, rocky
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low Terraces
1,191 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.