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Blazing Star
Date: July 21, 2005
Photographer: Jenna Tune
Common Name: Blazing Star
Scientific Name: Liatris pycnostachya
Blazing star is a Missouri native perennial which commonly occurs in prairies, open woods, meadows, rocky areas and along railroad tracks and roads. (Plant info from http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/alpha.asp.)
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