Asteraceae
Pinkscale blazing star
Liatris elegans
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pinkscale blazing star
Synonyms
- Calostelma elegans D.Don
- Eupatorium elegans (Walter) Steud.
- Eupatorium speciosum Vent.
- Lacinaria elegans (Walter) Kuntze
- Lacinaria flabellata Small
- Liatris elegans f. elegans
- Liatris flabellata (Small) Schumann
- Liatris radians Bertol.
- Serratula elegans Aiton
- Serratula elegans (Walter) Aiton f.
- Serratula speciosa Aiton
- Staehelina elegans Walter
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 231 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: cwarneke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: cwarneke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: snail_hiker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Pamela Pinkston, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.