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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
This is a new version of the Plant Finder currently under development.

Find Plants:

Prairie Blazingstar
Liatris pycnostachya

Type:
Herb
Light Exposure:
Full Sun
Soil Moisture:
Medium
Height:
4 to 5 feet
Project:
Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
Bloom Color:
Purple
Bloom Months:
July, August
Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
Low
Salt Tolerance:
Medium
Stress Tolerance:
Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant, General Disturbance
Herbivore Sensitivity:
Low to Medium
Behavior (Rate of Spread):
1
Pollinator Value:
Very High
Benefit to Pollinators:
Adult Food, Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
Pollinators:
Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Hummingbirds, Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
Counties:
Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Lac qui, Lake, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin

Notes/Description:

An erect, native perennial herb with unbranched stems that are often 3-4' tall. A good plant for moist and wet restorations of praries and meadows. It is a wonderful butterfly plant and will be successful in rain gardens and other landscape designs where water fluctuation is minimal or dissipates in a day or less. Wind can damage this plant, so plant with other tall, sturday plants and grasses, such as big bluestem. Many cultivars of this plant exist.

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