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Photographer: Robert H. Read
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Family Asteraceae
Liatris punctata Hook. var. nebraskana Gaiser
dotted blazing-star, Nebraska gay-feather
Liatris: meaning lost in antiquity
punctata: Latin meaning generally "dotted"
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 24" tall forb; stems leafy; long and pointed roots |
| Flower: | head with 4-6 pink flowers, bracts (phyllaries) dotted and with a sharp tip; inflorescence with several to may heads in spike-like cluster; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | with dots, mostly smooth, less than 1/5" wide |
| Habitat: | sun; dry; meadows, prairies; in sandy soil |
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