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Blazing Star

Liatris

Photo by Laurie
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Field Notes

Notes:

There are 37 species of Liatris

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Liatris

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Steffi
This is absolutely beautiful!
Laurie
Thanks to all of you for suggesting ID for this species and for the internet links. I will update this entry. Thanks! Laurie
Ashish
Scott you are right... http://www.types-of-flowers.org/liatris.html
Ashish
Pogostemon deccanensis..?
ScottRasmussen
This is a species of Liatris, usually called Blazing Star. This looks like Liatris spicata, Dense Blazing Star. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LISP

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PublishedJuly 6, 2011

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