Barbara's Buttons Size:1 Gallon the stalk’s life comes to

the stalk’s life comes to an end

flowers bloom for around a month in Spring

With its vibrant flowers

well-drained soil in full sun (or shade in Texas)

Flowers give way to capsule-like fruit

Barbara's Buttons Size:1 Gallon the stalk’s life comes toMarshallia caespitosa Commonly known as Barbara's Buttons and Puffballs. A clump forming perennial native to portions of the south central United States. It can be found on calcareous glades and outcrops and in habitats with sandy soils. The dense flower heads of this aster family member are discoid. The numerous, tiny, white to pink tinged disk florets are compacted into solitary, terminal, pincushion like, dome shaped flower heads (to 1" diameter)