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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

False Boneset

Brickellia eupatorioides
native · Hill Country

False Boneset is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms green, pink, white and yellow in summer and fall. Good for butterflies and moths.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
3–4 ft
Spread
2 ft
Bloom
Summer, Fall · green, pink, white, yellow
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes clay · recorded on clay, limestone, rocky, sand, well drained
Wildlife
Supports butterflies and moths

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

45 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.