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n. - Genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots.

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  • For example, eastern forb species such as Liatris pycnostachya and Coreopsis grandiflora are largely limited to the alfisols of the Eastern Marginal prairies, while...
  • Liatris have been prominant in my life since I moved to Kansas.
  • The lavender foliage and spent flower stalks, crocosmia fans, buddleia leaves and the object of the little green focus box on the camera, the Liatris spicata all share...
  • In this case, there's a cutting garden (where I planted some Liatris the summer I worked there).
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