Spreading Bladderpod
Lesquerella gracilis
Spreading bladderpod is a bright Texas annual with slender stems of clear yellow flowers in spring, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder that lights up roadsides and sunny, sandy wildflower gardens.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK, TN, TX