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 | blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, snakeroot |
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Member of | Liatris, genus Liatris | genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots |
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Narrower | dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya | perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers |
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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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