Texas Star
Sabatia campestris
Texas star is an annual rose-gentian with starry pink, yellow-eyed flowers brightening prairies and fields in early summer, an easy self-sowing native for sunny meadows.
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AR, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MO, MS, NC, OK, TX