Pinkscale Blazing Star
Liatris elegans
An elegant fall blazing star colored by showy pink-and-white bracts rather than its tiny florets. Thrives in deep, droughty sand where little else blooms.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, OK, SC, TX
Related native plants
More Liatris species
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
- Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera)
- Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
- Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
- Scaly Blazing Star (Liatris squarrosa)
- Devil's Bit Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)