Blazing star
Liatris pycnostachya Michx.
other common names: button snakeroot, gayfeather, prairie blazing star
Liatris: meaning unknown; its origin lost in the mists of antiquity
Pycnostachya: from the Greek pyhnos, meaning “dense” or “thick”
Daisy family: Asteraceae (Compositae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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