Liatris
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 Liatris spicata
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See text. About 30 known species. |
Liatris (common names: Blazing-star, Gay-feather or Button snakeroot) is a genus of ornamental plants in the Asteraceae family. These plants are used as a popular summer flowers for bouquets.
Liatris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia gloriosa, Schinia sanguinea (both of which feed exclusively on the genus), Schinia tertia and Schinia trifascia.
[edit] Species
- Liatris acidota
- Liatris cylindracea - Ontario blazing star
- Liatris elegans
- Liatris oligocephala
- Liatris provincialis
- Liatris punctata - dotted blazing star
- Liatris spicata
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