Asteraceae
Tall blazing star
Liatris aspera
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Tall blazing star
- Swedish
- Sträv rosenstav
Synonyms
- Lacinaria aspera (Michx.) Greene
- Lacinaria aspera var. aspera
- Lacinaria scariosa var. intermedia Lunell
- Liatris aspera f. aspera
- Liatris aspera var. aspera
- Liatris aspera var. intermedia (Lunell) Gaiser
- Liatris aspera var. salutans (Lunell) Shinners
- Liatris spheroidea var. salutans (Lunell) Shinners
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jasper Shide, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.