Cylindrical Blazing Star
Liatris cylindracea
Cylindrical blazing star is a compact, drought-tough liatris of dry prairies and glades, with button-like rose-purple heads. A late-summer nectar source ideal for lean, rocky soils.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- August, September
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, TN, WI