| Description | Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistyllis) is a prairie wildflower reaching 3 feet tall. Attracts Butterflies giving it the nickname 'Butterfly Magent.' |
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| Pronunciation | (lie-A-tris) (lig-yoo-lis-STY-lis) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc., Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-6 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average, dry to moist, needs to be well drained |
| Flowers | pinkish purple, rounded flower heads, borne on a loose raceme |
| Fruit | achene, a tuft of light brown hair to carry it off in the wind. |
| Leaves | simple, primarily alternate, green, stem leaves decrease in size toward the top |
| Stems | hairless to slightly hairy, forms a rounded woody underground corm |
| Dimensions | 1-3 feet tall |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | central and mid-western areas of North America |
| Notes & Reference | #140-Prairie Plants of the UW Madison Arboretum (Theodore Cochrane, Kandis Elliot, Claudia Lipke), #191-Minnesota Wild Flowers (www.minnesotawildflowers.info) |
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