Quick Characteristics:
| Height: | 60-100 cm (2-3.3 ft) |
| Flower Colors: | purple |
| Flower Season: | mid summer to late summer |
| Life form: | corm |
Liatris aspera Michx, the Rough Blazing Star, has a widespread distribution from Michigan to the Carolinas and on westwards as far as Texas. The sessile, globose flower heads are arranged in a loose spike. It is best identified by the concave phyllaries getting their purple tips long before the flowers open. At its north-western limits it meets Liatris ligulistylis and forms intermediates. Height range: 2-3 ft. Pictures by Martin Bohnet.
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