Common Name: Button Blazing Star

Latin Name: Liatris aspera

Height: 3 feet

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Purple

Bloom Time: July - October

Water Use: Medium, Medium-Dry, Dry

Soil: Loam, Sand

Light Requirement: Full, Partial

Spreads via: Seed; sometimes offsets develop from the root system (corms)

Host Plant: Liatris species are host plants for the flower moths Schinia gloriosa and Schinia sanguinea

Pollinators: Long-tongued bees (honeybees, bumblebees, Little Carpenter bees, Miner bees, and Leaf-Cutting bees), butterflies (Monarchs, Painted Ladies, Black Swallowtails, and Sulfers), skippers, and bee flies.

Other Information:  Another common name is Rough Blazing Star.