Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachyanative · Central Texassold locally
Prairie Blazing Star is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–5 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms pink and purple in mid summer. Good for butterflies.
Will it grow in your yard?
Enter your ZIP. The finder checks Prairie Blazing Star against your microclimate, then ranks it against your sun, your watering and deer pressure.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–5 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Mid Summer · pink, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, poor drainage, rocky, 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
Can you buy it?
Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:
2.5–4.5 inch pots
From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.