Jack in the Bush
Chromolaena odoratanative · Central Texas
Jack in the Bush is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 3–6 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms purple in Aug–Oct. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Aug–Oct · purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, poor drainage, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Floodplains and Low Terraces
123 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.