Shaggy Blazing Star, Liatris pilosa, Naturalized Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Shaggy Blazing Star	Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd. var pilosa	Aster (Composite)	Upland	Late Summer - Autumn
Other names and notes	Blazing Stars of the Liatris genus have general characteristics of: Stem leaves narrow and lance shaped, the flower heads appear on a spike. Heads may be composed of 5 to 60 small tubular 5-lobed purple flowers. The flower heads of L. pilosa are noticeably longer than wide and stalkless on the stem and not densely positioned. The long bending stamens give a 'shaggy' appearance. Leaves are linear, long and widely separated, with a few between the flowers. Plant height is 1 to 3 1/2'

Below: Flower spikes of late August and at right, a late September seed head.

Notes: This plant was not listed on Martha Crone's 1951 inventory of plants in the Garden at that time. It is not native to Minnesota, but is native to the east coast from New Jersey southward.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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