Compassplant
Silphium laciniatumnative · Hill Country
Compassplant is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–10 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in Jul–Sep. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–10 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Jul–Sep · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, sand, 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 CanyonlandsSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
33 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.