Asteraceae
Rocky Mountain blazing star
Liatris ligulistylis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Rocky Mountain blazing star
- Japanese
- タマザキキリンギク
Synonyms
- Lacinaria formosa Greene
- Lacinaria herrickii E.S.Steele ex Rydb.
- Lacinaria ligulistylis A.Nelson
- Lacinaria ligulistylis Nelson
- Liatris haywardii Rydb.
- Liatris herrickii Rydb.
- Liatris ligulistylis f. ligulistylis
- Liatris rosendahlii Rydb.
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: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nadiatalent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Sharp blazing starLiatris acidotaAsteraceae
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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.