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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Yellow Pond-lily

Nuphar lutea
native · Central Texas

Yellow Pond-lily is a wildflower native to Central Texas. It wants full sun or part shade, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in Mar–Oct. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Bloom
Mar–Oct · yellow
Soil
Takes clay
Deer
High — deer rarely browse it
Wildlife
Supports birds

Where it grows

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.