Star Milkvine
Matelea bifloranative · Hill Country
Star Milkvine is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5 ft tall and 9 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms purple and brown in Mar–Jun. Good for bees and butterflies.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5 ft
- Spread
- 9 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Jun · purple, brown
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut Plain
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.