Asteraceae
Slender blazing star
Liatris gracilis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender blazing star, Slender blazing-star, Slender blazingstar, Slender gayfeather, Slender liatris
Synonyms
- Lacinaria gracilis Kuntze
- Lacinaria laxa Small
- Liatris lanceolata Benol.
- Liatris laxa (Small) Schumann
- Liatris pauciflosculosa Nutt.
- Liatris pilosa var. gracilis (Pursh) Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Liatris
- Dense blazing starLiatris spicataAsteraceae
- Tall blazing starLiatris asperaAsteraceae
- Ontario blazing starLiatris cylindraceaAsteraceae
- Florida blazing starLiatris ohlingeraeAsteraceae
- Dotted blazing starLiatris punctataAsteraceae
- Sharp blazing starLiatris acidotaAsteraceae
- Blazing starLiatris aestivalisAsteraceae
- Chapman's blazing starLiatris chapmaniiAsteraceae
- Liatris compactaAsteraceae
- Pinkscale blazing starLiatris elegansAsteraceae
- Glandular blazing starLiatris glandulosaAsteraceae
- Heller's blazing starLiatris helleriAsteraceae
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.