BLAZING STAR
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Liatris squarrosa (L. ) Michx. var. glabrata (Rydb. ) Gaiser
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| Russell County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August, September |
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| Also Called: | | Smooth gayfeather. | | Stems: | | Erect, often several, glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, linear, 4 to 10 inches long, to 1/2 inch wide, rigid, glabrous; margins entire; upper leaves reduced in size. | | Inflorescences: | | Raceme-like to spike-like; heads usually few, short stalked or sessile, to 1/2 inch wide, terminal ones often largest; bracts often much longer than heads, overlapping, glabrous; tips tapering to points, curving back and downward or spreading. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets absent; disk florets 10-60, corollas purplish, pubescent within. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, cylindric, usually 10-ribbed, tipped with feather-like bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Dry, sandy, upland prairies. | | Distribution: | | West 3/4 of Kansas. |
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| Blazing star flowering head |  | | 77 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
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| | Blazing star heads |  | | 51 KB | | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| | Blazing star florets |  | | 94 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
| | Blazing star inflorescence |  | | 119 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
| | Blazing star |  | | 152 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
| | Blazing star pappus |  | | 204 KB | | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
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