Native (LA) wildflower info needed

Native hibiscus. They are the hibiscus looking flowers you see in ditches along the highways. It grows great in the type of area you are describing. You will only need to bush hog it down once a year.

I think I remember reading that all of the "Cajun hibiscus" varieties are from this original flower.

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You need pollinator info

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? Not sure what you mean.

RE: swamp hibiscus, they're not going to survive the 5-6 times a year mowing that happens. I need something lower-growing and grassy in habit, rather than shrubs. I do not mow this property myself---it is sporadically maintained by Entergy & the multiple pipeline companies who each mow a narrow strip on wildly different schedules.

Presently, wiregrass, browneyed susan, torpedo grass, the usual grasses like johnson, wild bermuda, and a whole crapload of rattlebox/false indigo grow there. I'm trying to encourage more things that flower.

I have a rapidly expanding patch of shasta daisies in my flowerbeds. Gonna try to separate and thin those & transplant a bunch to some strategic spots. They're tough as nails & low-growing, so the sporadic mowing shouldn't bother them much.

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they're not going to survive the 5-6 times a year mowing that happens.

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This will be a problem for all wildflowers. They need to be allowed to bloom and then go to seed before mowing them and was an issue for Lady Bird when she tried introducing wildflowers to texas highways. The highway dept. would mow them too soon. They eventually worked out a schedule.

You may try a seed mix of wild flowers from Native American seed. Its Texas centric but the Caddo Mix is for east Texas over to the Atlantic. This is the time of year to put down seed. don't wait too long.

Native American Seed Caddo Mix

ETA: Salidago (Golden Rod) and Gayfeather are 2 wildflowesr you see growing all over South La.

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Louisiana Iris (Iris brevicaulis, Iris fulva, Iris giganticaerulea, Iris hexagona and Iris nelsonii)

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Hymenocallis liriosme
spring spider-lily

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Passiflora incarnata
purple passion-flower, purple passionflower, maypop, apricot vine, purple passionflower, purple passion vine, may-pop, pasionaria

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LINK

Acadiana native plant page