BOTANICAL NAME
•Liatris spicata
PRONUNCIATION
• Lie-Ay-tris
COMMON NAME
• Liatris• Gayfeather
FAMILY
• Asteraceae
Growth Habit
• Ground cover• Height 12”-36”• Spreading
EXPOSURE
• Sun • Part shade
ZONES
• 3 - 10
Life Cycle
• Herbaceous Perennial
ARRANGEMENT
• Basal
LEAF
• Linear
COMPOSITION
• Simple
MARGIN
• entire
VEINS
• Pinnate
FLOWER
• Sumer through Fall• Purple and white• raceme
FRUIT
• Clusters of brown seeds• Will volunteer
USE
• Ground cover• Border • Attracts birds, bugs, butterflies, wildlife
DESCRIPTION• Average to dry soil moisture• Native plant
CULTURAL PRACTICES
• Propagate by division or seed
PROBLEMS
• Needs somewhat moist soils… will dry out!
NATIVE OF:
• United State