Smallhead Blazing Star
Liatris microcephala
A delicate, fine-leaved blazing star with slender wands of rosy-purple flowers in late summer over grassy foliage. A tidy, drought-tolerant native and a magnet for butterflies.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, hummingbirds, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN
Related native plants
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- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
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- Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
- Scaly Blazing Star (Liatris squarrosa)
- Devil's Bit Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)