Liatris squarrosa (Scaly Blazing Star)
grows 1-2 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry soils
blooms purple from July-August
natural habitat: dry prairies, limestone or sandstone glades, sunny bluffs, open sandy or rocky woodlands and barren savannas
host plant for the Blazingstar Flower moth, Blazing Star Borer moth and the Liatris Borer moth
not resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)
not deer resistant
companion plants: Carex normalis (Spreading Oval Sedge
grows 1-2 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry soils
blooms purple from July-August
natural habitat: dry prairies, limestone or sandstone glades, sunny bluffs, open sandy or rocky woodlands and barren savannas
host plant for the Blazingstar Flower moth, Blazing Star Borer moth and the Liatris Borer moth
not resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)
not deer resistant
companion plants: Carex normalis (Spreading Oval Sedge
grows 1-2 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry soils
blooms purple from July-August
natural habitat: dry prairies, limestone or sandstone glades, sunny bluffs, open sandy or rocky woodlands and barren savannas
host plant for the Blazingstar Flower moth, Blazing Star Borer moth and the Liatris Borer moth
not resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)
not deer resistant
companion plants: Carex normalis (Spreading Oval Sedge