Liatris aspera

     Rough Blazing Star

Asteraceae

  Fruit Type:  Achene

  Fruiting Period:  Oct

  Flowering Period:  Aug - Sep

  Color:  Black

  Size: 

  Shape:  Cyindrical with one truncated end

  Surface Features:  Silky pappus; hairy surface with longitudinal ribs

  Scarification:  Not required

  Stratification:  30 days

  Cotyledons:  Oval with entire margins

  Leaf arrangement:  Grass-like

  Leaves:  Simple, linear, sessile, entire margins with hairs, prominent midvein

  Other:  Fleshy leaves; corm