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Perennial · Deer-resistant
Gregg's Mistflower
Conoclinium greggii
Also called: Palm-leaf Mistflower, Blue Mistflower
A butterfly magnet without equal — its fuzzy blue flowers are the single best plant for pulling Queen and Monarch butterflies into a Texas garden.
Growing & care
Spreads by rhizome to form a low colony; give it room or edge it in. Cut back hard after frost. Tolerates poor soil and drought once established.
Bloom season
In bloom: Apr–Nov · Colors: blue, purple
Where to buy
Look for gregg's mistflower (Conoclinium greggii) at: native Texas nurseries, Prairie Moon Nursery.
Sources
Range, nomenclature, and the USDA symbol above come from the federal plant record for this species. Check it yourself:
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Natives that pair with gregg's mistflower
Same conditions, same uses — species that share gregg's mistflower's growing requirements and belong in the same bed.
Prairie Verbena
Glandularia bipinnatifida
A low, spreading mat of purple flower clusters that bloom nearly nonstop and draw butterflies constantly.
Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
A tidy mound smothered in honey-scented white daisies for most of the year.
Four-nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
A tidy evergreen tuft that lofts cheerful yellow daisies on wiry stems in nearly every month of the year.
Zexmenia
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida
A tough, low mound of orange-gold daisies that blooms right through the summer with no help at all.
Damianita
Chrysactinia mexicana
A low evergreen cushion of fine, aromatic foliage smothered in golden daisies in spring and again in fall.
Fall Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
A mounding aster that vanishes into the background all summer, then bursts into a haze of blue-purple daisies in October — a lifeline of late nectar for pollinators..