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| Indicator Species | |
| Slender or Cylindrical Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) | |
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slender blazing-star has striking rose-purple, button-like flowers that
grow along the stem in
long spikes. Each plant has only one or a few flowering heads,
and each head contains 20-50
florets. Sharp pointed bracts form a tight cylinder
around the base of each flower, hence the name. It blooms in mid
to late summer but,
unlike most spiked flowers, the flowers open from the top downwards.
The narrow leaves grow along the length of the stem. Blazing-stars
attract an array of adult stage butterflies and their corms (root-like
structure) are food for a variety of rodents. It grows to 75cm
(2.5ft) in height.
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