Yerba Mansa

Anemopsis californica

native · Central Texas

Yerba Mansa is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–2.5 ft tall and 6 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and high water. Blooms white in early spring. Good for bees, birds, butterflies and moths.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

6 sources

Type: Wildflower
Sun: Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water: High
Height: 1–2.5 ft
Spread: 6 ft
Bloom: Early Spring · white
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Recorded on moist, mud, poor drainage
Wildlife: Supports bees, birds, butterflies and moths

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Chihuahuan Desert

5 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.