Awnless Bushsunflower
Simsia calvanative · Hill Countrysold locally
Awnless Bushsunflower is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche soil. Blooms orange and yellow in May–Nov. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
6 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- May–Nov · orange, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche · recorded on caliche, dry, limestone, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandLimestone Cut Plain
543 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:
2.5–6 inch pots1 gallon
From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.