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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Texas Palafox

Palafoxia texana
native · Central Texas

Texas Palafox is an annual wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms pink in Apr–Oct. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for butterflies.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Annual wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
1–3 ft
Spread
2 ft
Bloom
Apr–Oct · pink
Foliage
Evergreen
Soil
Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, gravelly, sand
Wildlife
Supports butterflies

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Gulf Coast Prairies and MarshesSouthern Texas Plain

2 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.