Asteraceae
Blazing star
Liatris aestivalis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
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![Blazing star: Liatris pycnostachya - image taken south of New Boston, Texas on State Highway 8.[image was originally misidentified as Liatris aestivalis ]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Liatris_pycnostachya_with_Bombus.jpg/1280px-Liatris_pycnostachya_with_Bombus.jpg)
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Blazing star
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kcauley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mason Brock, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mason Brock, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Dotted blazing starLiatris punctataAsteraceae
- Sharp blazing starLiatris acidotaAsteraceae
- Chapman's blazing starLiatris chapmaniiAsteraceae
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- Heller's blazing starLiatris helleriAsteraceae
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.