Flower profile
Texas persimmon
Diospyros texana
Texas persimmon is a flowering plant that USDA PLANTS lists as native in the lower 48 states. In Texas it's most often seen in bloom in March–April.
*iNaturalist research-grade observations, as of October 17, 2026.
On our lists for: Texas
Quick look
Diospyros texana is a species of persimmon that is native to central, south and west Texas and southwest Oklahoma in the United States, and eastern Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. Common names include Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon and the more ambiguous "black persimmon".
- It belongs to the Ebenaceae family. iNaturalist
- USDA PLANTS describes it as a shrub / a tree with a perennial life cycle. USDA PLANTS
- USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 1 states. USDA PLANTS
- NatureServe lists it as native to Texas. NatureServe
- In Texas, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in March–April. iNaturalist
- iNaturalist has 17,068 research-grade sightings of it in Texas, ranking #20 among the 109 flowers on our Texas list. iNaturalist
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When does it bloom?
In Texas, most flowering sightings come in March–April.
Conservation status
- Federal (U.S. ESA)
- Not listed No U.S. Endangered Species Act listing in the USFWS ECOS database. USFWS ECOS
- NatureServe global
- G5 Secure worldwide. NatureServe
- Texas
- Not listed Not on Texas endangered and threatened plants (31 Tex. Admin. Code § 69.8), as listed by Texas Parks and Wildlife. NatureServe: SNR, not yet ranked in Texas. 31 TAC 69.8
- Rare elsewhere
- No other U.S. state ranks it S1, S2, SH or SX.
Checked October 17, 2026. Rankings and lists can change, so follow the links for the latest.
Can you eat it?
None of the sources we checked (NC State Extension (no page for this plant), USDA PLANTS) say whether it's edible or poisonous for people.
It isn't on the ASPCA plant list.
🌿 Never eat a wild plant unless you're certain of its ID; this isn't medical advice. Worried about a person? Call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222. Worried about a pet? Call your vet.
Where does it grow?
USDA PLANTS records Texas persimmon in 1 states.
recorded by USDA PLANTS on our state lists not recorded
See the full list of states
Texas.
Texas counties with USDA records: Aransas, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burnet, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Coleman, Comal, Coryell, Crockett, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Falls, Gillespie, Grimes, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Llano, Mason, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Real, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Terrell, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Willacy, Williamson.
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Sources
- USDA, NRCS. PLANTS Database, profile DITE3.
- iNaturalist, Diospyros texana: taxonomy, research-grade observation counts and “Flowering” annotations, retrieved October 17, 2026.
- Wikipedia, Diospyros texana (lead quoted under CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Texas: Texas endangered and threatened plants (31 Tex. Admin. Code § 69.8), as listed by Texas Parks and Wildlife.
- Texas: Texas noxious and invasive plant list (4 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.300(a)).
- USFWS, ECOS species database (ESA listing check), October 17, 2026.
- NatureServe Explorer, Diospyros texana (global and state ranks).
- Edibility and toxicity: no source found (marked "not well documented").
- Photo: Lisa Winnett-Pequeno via iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 · resized.