Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing star)

Dense Blazing star (Liatris spicata)

Height, Spread: 3-6 ft, up to 2 ft

Water/Soil: Moist-occasionally dry or wet, well-drained 

Light: Full sun

Bloom: Summer, pink, lavender, or white flowers

Native Range: Eastern USA

Qualities: Attractive to pollinators, Host plant, NC Native, Wildlife resource

Notes: Herbaceous perennial wildflower commonly found in moist meadows in the Coastal plain or Sandhills regions of NC. It is attractive to pollinators and a larval host plant for the Liatris flower moth ( Schinia sanguinea) & Liatris borer moth ( Carmenta anthracipennis). Goldfinches (Spinus tristis) like to eat the seeds. Best used in a mass planting in a pollinator garden or a naturalized meadow.