Liatris pycnostachya
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Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie blazing star) is an ornamental plant
native to the tallgrass prairie
s of the Midwestern United States
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Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
native to the tallgrass prairie
Tallgrass prairie
The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies. They flourished in areas with...
s of the Midwestern United States
United States
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