Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Blazing star


Blazing star is that the name of a gaggle of untamed flowers They grow mainly on prairies and meadows within the jap and midwestern u.  s.. individuals typically decision these flowers button snakeroot or gayfeather. The blazing star may be a tall, slender plant from one to six feet a hundred thirty to a hundred and eighty centimeters) high. Thick clusters, or heads, of tiny purple or rose-red blossoms grow along the stem on skinny spikes up to eighteen inches (46 centimeters) long. The heads are surrounded by bracts, or changed leaves, identical color as theflowers. These spikes, or wands, of blossoms resemble a shooting star, that the flower is called. The name blazing star has additionally been given to asters, goldenrods, and several other thistles.

Scientific classification. Blazing stars compose the genus Liatris within the composite family, Asteraceae or Compositae.

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