Botanical Name: Liatris punctata
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Common Name: Spotted Gayfeather, Dotted Gayfeath  
Plant photo of: Liatris punctata
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Wildflower

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Pink, Violet

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Spotted Gayfeather provides a unique vertical accent to a perennial border. Its clumping, upright foliage is grass-like, with long narrow blades; whorls of flowers form on stiff stems creating magenta- pink spires. Blooms late summer. 12 to 18 inches tall and 8 to 12 inches wide. A native to the shortgrass prairies of the Great Plains foothills of New Mexico and Colorado. The most xeric of the liatris. Excellent cut flower. Attracts butterflies and is deer resistant.