Texas Vervain
Verbena haleinative · Hill Country
Texas Vervain is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms blue and purple in Mar–Jun. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Jun · blue, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
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 TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
2,168 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.