Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Tall, long-lived wildflower

Uses

• Roots treated snakebite, sore throats, and kidney ailments

Releases

• 1975 'Eureka' cultivated variety, Kansas PMC
• 1999 and 2000 Northern, Central, and Southern Iowa, and Northern and Western Germplasms, Missouri PMC

Photo: Larry Allain @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

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