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Liatris pycnostachya
Prairie blazing star · Prairie blazingstar · Prairie gayfeather · Thick-spike gayfeather · Cattail gayfeather
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low
Hardiness
Zone 3–11
Click count
536
Observations
634
Description
Source: leafsnapLiatris pycnostachya, the prairie blazing star, cattail gayfeather or cattail blazing star, is a perennial plant in the Asteraceae family that is native to the tallgrass prairies of the central United States.
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Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light
🌡️ Temperature
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Liatris
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-11
- Mature Height
- 0.91 m to 1.83 m
- Mature Spread
- 61 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Purple, Lavender
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer
- Native Area
- Prairies of Central United States
Tags (15)
Common Names (10)
en Prairie blazing star
en Prairie blazingstar
en Prairie gayfeather
en Thick-spike gayfeather
en Cattail gayfeather
en Button snakeroot
en Kansas Gay Feather
en Kansas Gayfeather
en Thick-spike Blazing-star
en Blazing-star