Soft-hair Marbleseed
Onosmodium bejariensenative · Hill Country
Soft-hair Marbleseed is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants part shade and low water. Blooms white, green and brown in Apr–Jul. Good for bees, butterflies and nectar insects.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade (3–5 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jul · white, green, brown
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, gravelly, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Edwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low Terraces
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.