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Liatris ligulistylis
Also called Button Snakeroot, Meadow Blazing Star, Northern Meadow Blazing Star, Northern Plains Blazing Star, Northern Plains Gayfeather, Strap Style Gayfeather, Meadow Blazingstar
Liatris ligulistylis (Rocky Mountain blazing star, northern plains blazing star, or meadow blazing star) is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae, native to the central United States and central Canada.
The flowers are popular with monarch butterflies, and it is a host for the bleeding flower moth (Schinia sanguinea).
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 ligulistylis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
