Woodland Pinkroot
Spigelia marilandicaWoodland Pinkroot is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–2 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants part shade and medium water. Blooms red and yellow in Mar–May. Good for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade (3–5 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–May · red, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on loam, moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
1 occurrence record 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.