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Lanceleaf blazing star

Liatris lancifolia

Lanceleaf blazing star
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0

Lanceleaf blazing star is a native North American prairie perennial with slender spikes of purple flowers. It grows best in full sun and well-drained soil, and it tolerates drought once established.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then only during prolonged dry spells; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates poor and sandy or rocky soils.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters; comfortable through typical prairie summers and winters.
How easy
Easy
Native range
WC. & C. U.S.A.

About

Liatris lancifolia is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae native to the prairies of central and western North America, known by the common names lanceleaf blazing star and Great Plains gayfeather.

Other Liatris plants

Sharp blazing star · Blazing star · Tall blazing star · Bracted blazing star · Chapman's blazing star · Sandhill's blazing star · Scaly Blazing Star · Ontario blazing star · Branched blazing star · Pinkscale blazing star · Slender blazing star · Heller's blazing star

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Liatris lancifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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