Low maintenance. Leave seed on stalks to reseed and feed wildlife. If watered may form thick green mat for groundcover in summer. Propagation: Seed.
Comments
Blooms March-June. One inch purple bell flowers on short spikes in spring that attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. May rebloom in fall. Good tough filler plant. Relatively rare in the wild but available in nurseries and NPSOT plant sales. Pollination: Bees, butterflies, and nectar insects.
References
1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) Miller, George O., Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas 2nd Ed., 2013, pg 48. 3) Wasowski and Wasowski, Native Texas Plants Landscaping Region by Region, 1991, pg. 201. 4) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PETE3. 5) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=17371&locationType=County&mapType=Normal. 6) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=33781#null, 7) Native and Adapted Landscape Plants, City of Austin and Texas A&M, 2014.