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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Arkansas Dozedaisy

Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
native · Hill Country

Arkansas Dozedaisy is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms white and pink in Feb–Dec. Good for bees and butterflies.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Annual wildflower
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
1–2 ft
Spread
1 ft
Bloom
Feb–Dec · white, pink
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes caliche · recorded on caliche, dry, loam, sand, well drained
Wildlife
Supports bees and butterflies

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie

2 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.