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sharp blazing star
Asteraceae

sharp blazing star

Liatris acidota Engelm. & A.Gray

Liatris acidota is an Asteraceae species native to the US Gulf Coast that produces purple spiked flowers from June to October.

rough blazing star
Asteraceae

rough blazing star

Liatris aspera Michx.

Liatris aspera Michx. is a North American native perennial herb that attracts birds, hummingbirds, and butterflies.

Chapman's blazing star
Asteraceae

Chapman's blazing star

Liatris chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray

Liatris chapmanii is a plant species that grows from corms, produces dense spike-like flower heads, and flowers between August and October.

Ouachita blazing star
Asteraceae

Ouachita blazing star

Liatris compacta (Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.

Liatris compacta is a plant that grows from rounded corms, produces clustered flower heads, and bears seeded fruits with feathery bristles.

cylindrical blazing star
Asteraceae

cylindrical blazing star

Liatris cylindracea Michx.

Liatris cylindracea Michx., cylindrical blazing star, is a North American flowering plant with deep roots and purple feathery flower heads.

elegant gayfeather
Asteraceae

elegant gayfeather

Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.

Liatris elegans is a flowering plant species that grows from corms in dry sandy prairies and pinelands.

slender blazing-star
Asteraceae

slender blazing-star

Liatris gracilis Pursh

Liatris gracilis is a perennial Asteraceae flowering plant native to the US Southeast, found in multiple open and sandy habitats.

pink-scale blazing star
Asteraceae

pink-scale blazing star

Liatris hesperelegans G.L.Nesom

Liatris hesperelegans, commonly pink-scale blazing star, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States.

hairy gayfeather
Asteraceae

hairy gayfeather

Liatris hirsuta Rydb.

Liatris hirsuta is an erect perennial that bears purple-pink summer flowers and reaches a maximum height of about 3 feet.

Rocky Mountain blazing star
Asteraceae

Rocky Mountain blazing star

Liatris ligulistylis (A.Nelson) K.Schum.

Liatris ligulistylis is a flowering plant that supports monarch butterflies and the bleeding flower moth.

Florida blazing star
Asteraceae

Florida blazing star

Liatris ohlingerae (S.F.Blake) B.L.Rob.

Liatris ohlingerae is a rare, federally endangered perennial herb endemic to Florida's Lake Wales Ridge scrub habitat.

shaggy blazing star
Asteraceae

shaggy blazing star

Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd.

Liatris pilosa is a perennial flowering Asteraceae species native to the eastern United States, east of the Appalachians.

dotted gayfeather
Asteraceae

dotted gayfeather

Liatris punctata Hook.

Liatris punctata Hook. is a long-lived drought and fire-tolerant perennial herb native to North America.

prairie blazing star
Asteraceae

prairie blazing star

Liatris pycnostachya Michx.

Liatris pycnostachya Michx. is a North American prairie plant with upright pink-purple flower spikes that attracts pollinators and birds.

devil's bite
Asteraceae

devil's bite

Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd.

Liatris scariosa, or savanna blazing star, is a fire-adapted perennial herb native to several eastern US states.

dense blazing star
Asteraceae

dense blazing star

Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.

Liatris spicata is a herbaceous perennial Asteraceae native to eastern North America, widely cultivated as a garden flower with historical and current uses.

scaly blazing star
Asteraceae

scaly blazing star

Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.

Scaly blazingstar (Liatris squarrosa) is a North American herbaceous perennial that produces purple summer flowerheads, with two distinct varieties.

Appalachian blazing star
Asteraceae

Appalachian blazing star

Liatris squarrulosa Michx.

Liatris squarrulosa is an herbaceous perennial Asteraceae native to the US Southeast, bearing purple flowers from late summer to fall.

shortleaf blazing star
Asteraceae

shortleaf blazing star

Liatris tenuifolia Nutt.

Liatris tenuifolia, or shortleaf gayfeather, is a lavender-flowered Liatris species endemic to the Southeast United States.

Chilean-iris
Iridaceae

Chilean-iris

Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel

Libertia chilensis is a rhizomatous evergreen perennial flowering plant in the iris family, native to parts of Chile and Argentina.

Mikoikoi
Iridaceae

Mikoikoi

Libertia ixioides (G.Forst.) Spreng.

Libertia ixioides is a not threatened perennial Iridaceae herb endemic to New Zealand's main main islands.

Libertia micrantha A.Cunn.
Iridaceae

Libertia micrantha A.Cunn.

Libertia micrantha A.Cunn.

Libertia micrantha is a not threatened, endemic New Zealand perennial herb in the Iridaceae family.

Pāhautea
Cupressaceae

Pāhautea

Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.

Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f. is an evergreen coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand, with timber sometimes used for lightweight sailing boat construction.

Kawaka
Cupressaceae

Kawaka

Libocedrus plumosa (D.Don) Sarg.

Libocedrus plumosa (kawaka) is an evergreen coniferous New Zealand tree grown ornamentally in the British Isles, classified as Near Threatened.

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