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 | ![](thumbnails/blazingstar2.jpg) | 77 KB | Russell County, Kansas |
| Blazing star | ![](thumbnails/blazingstar3.jpg) | 96 KB | Russell County, Kansas |
| Blazing star | ![](thumbnails/blazingstar8.jpg) | 111 KB | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| Blazing star | ![](thumbnails/blazingstar7.jpg) | 111 KB | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| Blazing star | ![](thumbnails/blazingstar5.jpg) | 106 KB | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| Blazing star heads | ![](thumbnails/blazingstar10.jpg) | 51 KB | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| Blazing star florets | ![](thumbnails/smoothgayfeather6.jpg) | 94 KB | Russell County, Kansas |
| Blazing star inflorescence | ![](thumbnails/smoothgayfeather7.jpg) | 119 KB | Russell County, Kansas |
| Blazing star | ![](thumbnails/smoothgayfeather8.jpg) | 152 KB | Russell County, Kansas |
| Blazing star pappus | ![](thumbnails/Liatris_squarrosa2.jpg) | 204 KB | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
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