Tall Blazing Star
Liatris asperanative · Central Texas
Tall Blazing Star is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 2–3 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms pink and purple in Aug–Sep. Good for butterflies and hummingbirds.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Aug–Sep · pink, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, limestone, loam, rocky, sand, shallow
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
160 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.