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Texas Palafox
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Texas Palafox

Palafoxia texana
In the United States: Native · also called Oreja de Mula

Bees and other pollinators visit the pink to purple disk flowers for nectar and pollen. It produces blooms over an extended period from spring through fall in dry, sandy or gravelly soils. The plant is drought-tolerant and low-maintenance once established.

Nectarlow
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) April–October
Duration~6 months
TypePerennial
Sunfull

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