Sunday, August 10, 2014

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazing Star.  


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The stem is made of many tiny flower heads all crowded together.    Pycnostachya is Latin for crowded.

Butterflies are attracted to this plant.  And so are the deer.  

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