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Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) |
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Liatris punctata The flower bracts of Dotted Blazing Star have pointed apices with hairy margins and the bracts are dotted with resin.
Liatris cylindracea Cylindric Blazing Star has 20 to 50 florets per flower, the flower heads are on definite stalks, and the flower bracts are pointed, not blunt. Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) Identification: Flowers lavender, numerous, sessile to the stem. Each flower head with few (5-10) florets. Flower bracts few, elongate, tinged with purple, closely appressed to the flower head, sticky, and with blunt apices. Stem hairless. Leaves elongate, thin, almost grasslike. Plant 1 to 5 feet in height. Distribution: Throughout most of the eastern United States. Habitat: Dense Blazing Star is found along the edges of marshes and in wet meadows. Flowering period: July to September. |
Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
Similar Species: Other species have tighly closed flower bracts. Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) Cylindric Blazing Star (Liatris cylindracea)
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