Texas Sleepy Daisy, Yellow Sleepy Daisy, Star of Texas, Texas Sleepy-daisy, Texas Sleepydaisy
Family:
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
Plant Ecoregion Distribution Map
Central Great Plains, Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, High Plains, Southern Texas Plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Texas Blackland Prairies
Broken Red Plains, Limestone Plains, Red Prairie
Carbonate Cross Timbers, Eastern Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, Limestone Cut Plain, Western Cross Timbers
Bastrop Lost Pines, Floodplains and Low Terraces2, Northern Post Oak Savanna, Northern Prairie Outliers, San Antonio Prairie, Southern Post Oak Savanna
Coastal Sand Plain, Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies
Arid Llano Estacado, Llano Estacado, Rolling Sand Plains, Shinnery Sands
Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains, Rio Grande Floodplain and Terraces, Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
Caprock Canyons Badlands Breaks, Flat Tablelands and Valleys, Semiarid Canadian Breaks
Floodplains and Low Terraces1, Northern Blackland Prairie, Southern Blackland Prairie
Plant Characteristics
Growth Form
Herbaceous
Height
2
to
3
ft.
Spread
2
to
3
ft.
Leaf Retention
Deciduous
Lifespan
Annual
Habitat and Care Requirements
Soil Type(s)
Sand, Loam, Well Drained
Light Requirement
Part Shade
Water Requirement
Medium
Native Habitat
Grassland, Wetland or Riparian
Bloom and Attraction
Bloom Color
Yellow
Bloom Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Seasonal Interest
Flowers
Wildlife Benefit
Unknown
Maintenance
Must be planted in sand or light, well drained garden soil. If there are no spring rains you will have to water. Propagation: Seed.
Comments
Blooms April-December. Texas sleepy daisy’s stems bear solitary, terminal, aster-like flowers with long, lemon-yellow rays. Long, narrow, glossy leaves line the stems. Flowers don’t open until afternoon. Blooms profusely all summer long.
References
1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XATE. 3) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Xanthisma+texanum&formsubmit=Search+Terms. 4) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=4789&locationType=County&mapType=Normal. 5) Wasowski and Wasowski, Native Texas Plants Landscaping Region by Region, 1991, pg 166. 6) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38689#null