Asteraceae
Dense blazing star
Liatris spicata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
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Common names
By language (14)
- arz
- لياتريس سبيكاتا
- Chinese
- 蛇鞭菊
- Czech
- Šuškarda klasnatá
- Danish
- Langakset Pragtskær
- English
- Dense blazing star, Prairie feather
- Finnish
- Noropunatähkä, Punatähkä
- German
- Prachtscharte
- Japanese
- リアトリス, キリンギク
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Søyleblom
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Akssøyleblom
- Polish
- Liatra kłosowa
- Russian
- Лиатрис колосистая, Лиатрис колосковая
- Slovak
- Liatra klasnatá
- Swedish
- Rosenstav
Synonyms
- Kuhnia spicata (L.) Baill.
- Kuhnia spicata (L.) Baill.
- Lacinaria elongata Greene
- Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze
- Lacinaria spicata f. spicata
- Lacinaria spicata var. spicata
- Lacinaria vittata Greene
- Liatris macrostachya Michaux
- Liatris magnifica G.Nicholson
- Liatris picta Barton ex DC.
- Liatris pilosa [Ker-Gawl.]
- Liatris pumila G.Lodd.
- Liatris resinosa Nutt.
- Liatris sessiliflora Benol.
- Liatris spicata f. spicata
- Liatris spicata var. spicata
- Liatris turbinata Sweet
- Liatris vittata (Greene) Schumann
- Liatris vittata K.Schum.
- Serratula spicata L.
- Suprago spicata (L.) Gaertn.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, 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.