Woolly Ironweed
Vernonia lindheimeriWoolly Ironweed is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms pink and purple in Jun–Sep. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Jun–Sep · pink, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, dry, loam, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
648 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.
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.