Texas Flax
Linum hudsonioides
Texas flax is a wiry annual that scatters small bright yellow flowers across dry, sandy ground in spring, an easy, drought-tolerant native reseeder for sunny, lean Southwestern gardens.
- Family
- Linaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- TX