gayfeather

1. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads (synset 112011732)
   is a type of: wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
   subtypes:

   • dotted gayfeather, liatris punctata - herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
   • dense blazing star, liatris pycnostachya - perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
   belongs to: genus liatris, liatris - genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots
   same as: blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, snakeroot

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