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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

White Prairie Rose

Rosa foliolosa
native · Hill Country

White Prairie Rose is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white, red and pink in May–Jun. Good for bees, birds and butterflies.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
0.5–1 ft
Spread
2 ft
Bloom
May–Jun · white, red, pink
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, limestone, sand
Wildlife
Supports bees, birds and butterflies

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsNorthern Blackland PrairieLimestone Cut Plain

3 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.