Pink Pappusgrass
Pappophorum bicolornative · Hill Country
Pink Pappusgrass is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms pink, green and brown in Apr–Nov. Good for birds.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Nov · pink, green, brown
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones Canyonlands
10 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.