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Blazing Star
41.4013, -87.6059
Field Notes
Description:
Liatris is a genus of flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Its most common name is blazing star. Some species are used as ornamental plants, sometimes in flower bouquets.
They are perennials, surviving the winter in the form of corms.
Liatris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the flower moths Schinia gloriosa and Schinia sanguinea, both of which feed exclusively on the genus, and Schinia tertia and Schinia trifascia.
Habitat:
Plum Creek Nature Center at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve. Spotted in a restored prairie area adjacent to the nature center. Surrounded by forested area with a small lake.
Notes:
I think this is either Liatris pycnostachya (prairie blazing star or cattail blazing star), or perhaps Liatris spicata (dense blazing star or prairie gay feather).
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