Summary description from Wikipedia:

Liatris ligulistylis in languages:

English

Rocky Mountain blazing star

English

meadow blazing star

English

strap-style gayfeather

English

showy blazing star

English

northern plains blazing star

Japanese

タマザキキリンギク

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Parent Taxon

• Liatris

Sibling Taxa

• Liatris acidota
• Liatris aestivalis
• Liatris aspera
• Liatris bracteata
• Liatris bridgesii
• Liatris carrizana
• Liatris chapmanii
• Liatris cokeri
• Liatris compacta
• Liatris cylindracea
• Liatris cymosa
• Liatris elegans
• Liatris elegantula
• Liatris garberi
• Liatris gholsonii
• Liatris glandulosa
• Liatris gracilis
• Liatris helleri
• Liatris hesperelegans
• Liatris hirsuta
• Liatris laevigata
• Liatris lancifolia
• Liatris ligulistylis
• Liatris microcephala
• Liatris novae-angliae
• Liatris ohlingerae
• Liatris oligocephala
• Liatris patens
• Liatris pauciflora
• Liatris pilosa
• Liatris provincialis
• Liatris punctata
• Liatris pycnostachya
• Liatris quadriflora
• Liatris savannensis
• Liatris scariosa
• Liatris secunda
• Liatris spheroidea
• Liatris spicata
• Liatris squarrosa
• Liatris squarrulosa
• Liatris tenuifolia
• Liatris tenuis
• Liatris virgata
• Liatris × freemaniana
• Liatris × frostii
• Liatris × gladewitzii
• Liatris × ridgwayi
• Liatris × steelei
• Liatris × weaveri

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