White Avens
Geum canadenseWhite Avens is a wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants part shade to shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white in spring. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, loam, moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
801 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.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.