Winecup

A resilient evergreen native Texas herbaceous that provides year-round foliage and structure to the landscape. Native across the Central Great Plains, Chihuahuan Deserts, Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, High Plains, Southern Texas Plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Texas Blackland Prairies, and Western Gulf Coastal Plain, Winecup (Callirhoe involucrata) thrives in local conditions while supporting the surrounding ecosystem. Distinguished by dark foliage that is gray-green, it offers an exceptional visual and tactile texture. During spring, summer, and fall, the plant produces pink, purple, white flower clusters. Flowering gives way to ornamental schizocarps that ripen through summer and autumn. It plays a vital ecological role as a larval host plant for Central Texas butterflies, including Gray Hairstreak and Painted Lady. Thriving in calcareous, clay, dry, gravelly, loam, moist, sand, and well drained, Winecup demonstrates outstanding hardiness once established. It requires minimal supplemental water and adapts seamlessly to drought conditions. It features minimal deer resistance.