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Kansas gayfeather (cat-tail gayfeathers, prairie blazingstar)
Cattail blazing star - Liatris pycnostachya.
Homeland - North America.
A very decorative perennial from the Asteraceae family, 0.9-1.5 m tall. Lanceolate thin basal leaves. Small purple flowers are collected in long apical inflorescences.
Stems are erect, bare, rigid, grooved. Leaves up to 10 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, crowded, lower leaves are lanceolate, upper ones are narrowly linear, evenly decreasing up the stem, pointed, with a curled edge, rigid. This is a hardy prairie plant, capable of thriving on hard clay soils and in the summer heat.
Special characteristics: dense flower heads.
Blooms in July-September. Dry-loving. Very photophilous. Frost-resistant to -40°C (Z3 - Z8). In cultivation since 1732. Excellent for cutting.
1.0 g = 350 seeds.
Kansas gayfeather, cat-tail gayfeathers, prairie blazingstar, prairie gayfeather. Bot. syn.: Lacinaria pycnostachya (Michx.) Kuntze, Liatris bebbiana Rydb.
Homeland - North America.
A very decorative perennial from the Asteraceae family, 0.9-1.5 m tall. Lanceolate thin basal leaves. Small purple flowers are collected in long apical inflorescences.
Stems are erect, bare, rigid, grooved. Leaves up to 10 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, crowded, lower leaves are lanceolate, upper ones are narrowly linear, evenly decreasing up the stem, pointed, with a curled edge, rigid. This is a hardy prairie plant, capable of thriving on hard clay soils and in the summer heat.
Special characteristics: dense flower heads.
Blooms in July-September. Dry-loving. Very photophilous. Frost-resistant to -40°C (Z3 - Z8). In cultivation since 1732. Excellent for cutting.
1.0 g = 350 seeds.
Kansas gayfeather, cat-tail gayfeathers, prairie blazingstar, prairie gayfeather. Bot. syn.: Lacinaria pycnostachya (Michx.) Kuntze, Liatris bebbiana Rydb.
