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Liatris squarrulosa
Liatris squarrulosa, commonly called Appalachian blazing star or southern blazingstar, is an herbaceous perennial plant is the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is found in naturally open communities, such as prairies and savannas.
It produces purple heads of flowers in late summer through fall.
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 squarrulosa 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.
