About Wild Button Blazing Star

Tufts of lavender flowers loosely line the stems creating a showy flower spike. Blooms August–September. Protect bulbs from rodents. Quite adaptable. Seed from northern Iowa.

About Blazing Star

Vertical spikes of flowers. Loved by butterflies. Seeds eaten by birds.

Pot Size & Price
3.5-in. pot
$4.00
Height
24"–36"
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Catalog
N033
Plant Traits
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Minnesota Native
Poisonous
Stock Notes
Restocks On Saturday

Other varieties of Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya, lavender very tall flower spike
Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Eureka

Catalog
N032
Liatris punctata purple flowers close up with a large sphinx moth feeding
Photo by Prairie Czar

Wild Dotted Blazing Star

Catalog
N034
Liatris ligulistylis, close up of the lavender button flowers on vertical spikes
Photo by Nadiatalent from the Wikimedia Commons

Wild Meadow Blazing Star

Catalog
N035
Liatris pycnostachya, lavender flower spike
Photo from Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

Wild Prairie Blazing Star

Catalog
N036
Liatris cylindraea, small lavender mophead flowers on narrow stiff stem
Photo by Mason Brock from the Wikimedia Commons

Wild Slender Blazing Star

Catalog
N037