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Liatris
Also called Gayfeather, Blazing Stars, Gay Feathers, Gay Feather, Blazingstar
Liatris is a genus of North American perennials in the daisy family, grown mainly for their tall spikes of purple or pink flowers. Grow them in full sun with well-drained soil, as they regrow each spring from underground corms.
Liatris (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used as ornamental plants, sometimes in flower bouquets. They are perennials, surviving the winter and resprouting from underground corms.
Liatris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species such as moths of the genus Schinia.
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