Apocynaceae
Fringed bluestar
Amsonia ciliata
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Amsonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fringed bluestar
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Amsonia
- Blue starAmsonia orientalisApocynaceae
- Eastern bluestarAmsonia tabernaemontanaApocynaceae
- Woolly bluestarAmsonia tomentosaApocynaceae
- Amsonia ellipticaApocynaceae
- Hubricht's bluestarAmsonia hubrichtiiApocynaceae
- Kearney's bluestarAmsonia kearneyanaApocynaceae
- Jones' bluestarAmsonia jonesiiApocynaceae
- Feltleaf bluestarAmsonia tharpiiApocynaceae
- Tubular bluestarAmsonia longifloraApocynaceae
- San Antonio bluestarAmsonia fugateiApocynaceae
- Arizona bluestarAmsonia grandifloraApocynaceae
- Louisiana bluestarAmsonia ludovicianaApocynaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.