Coyotillo
Karwinskia humboldtiana
Coyotillo is a thornless brushland shrub of south Texas with glossy leaves and dark fruit; birds eat the fruit, though the seeds are toxic to mammals. Tough and drought-hardy.
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–15 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- TX