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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Asteraceae
Liatris aspera Michx.
lacerate blazing-star, rough blazing-star, tall gay-feather
Liatris: meaning lost in antiquity
aspera: Latin for "rough" or "harsh" from coarse nature of leaves
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-48" tall forb; stems with 25-90 leaves below the inflorescence |
| Flower: | head 1" wide, all about the same size, with 14 -35 pink flower, middle bracts (phyllaries) with wide, irregularly-cut edges and rounded tips; inflorescence with 10 or more heads in a spike-like cluster; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, many, long, most less than 1" wide, lower leaves long-stalked |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry to moderate moisture; prairies, inland sands, woods; in sandy, loamy soil |
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