| NOUN | plant | blazing star, Mentzelia livicaulis, Mentzelia laevicaulis | biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning |
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| plant | blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot | any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
| Meaning | biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning. | |
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| Synonyms | Mentzelia livicaulis, Mentzelia laevicaulis | |
| Member of | Mentzelia, genus Mentzelia | genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs |
| Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
| Meaning | Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads. | |
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| Synonyms | button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot | |
| Member of | Liatris, genus Liatris | genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots |
| Narrower | dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya | perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers |
| dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata | herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers | |
| Broader | wildflower, wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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