Composite Dropseed
Sporobolus compositusnative · Hill Country
Composite Dropseed is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–4 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and very low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms purple and yellow in summer and fall. Good for bees and birds.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 1–4 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · purple, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, gravelly, limestone, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and birds
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
228 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.