blazing star
noun
1
archaic
: comet
2
: any of various plants having conspicuous flower clusters or star-shaped flowers: such as
a
: any of a genus (Liatris) of North American composite herbs with spikes of rosy-purple rayless flowers
called also button snakeroot
b
: any of several North American rough-leaved herbs (genus Mentzelia of the family Losaceae)
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The program has a long list of potential plants that can work, such as little bluestem grass, native columbine, blazing star, butterfly milkweed, purple and yellow coneflowers, goldenrod and asters.
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Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
For full sun, Boritt said prairie blazing star, wild bergamot and native milkweeds are easy to grow.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2024
Fifty varieties of plants are available for purchase, including four milkweed varieties, several grasses, native purple coneflower, cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, meadow blazing star, New England aster, prairie smoke, wild columbine and wild lupine.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
Other native plant candidates for winter sowing, Schaller said, include bee balm, coneflower, goldenrod, blazing star, phlox and lobelia.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
Instead: For a long-lasting punch of purple in the garden, plant native purple coneflower or blazing star instead of purple loosestrife.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2022
The Mesic Woodland Edge mix should do better in shady areas and includes such species as common milkweed, bee balm and dense blazing star.
—Peter Krouse, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
But blazing star only have one stalk of purple flowers that bloom from August to October.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2021
Standing in the preserve’s Visitation Prairie, Morkes pointed to stalks of blazing star — his favorite prairie flower — thriving among tall grasses, false sunflowers and spikes of goldenrod.
—Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2021
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Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
For full sun, Boritt said prairie blazing star, wild bergamot and native milkweeds are easy to grow.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2024
Fifty varieties of plants are available for purchase, including four milkweed varieties, several grasses, native purple coneflower, cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, meadow blazing star, New England aster, prairie smoke, wild columbine and wild lupine.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
Other native plant candidates for winter sowing, Schaller said, include bee balm, coneflower, goldenrod, blazing star, phlox and lobelia.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
Instead: For a long-lasting punch of purple in the garden, plant native purple coneflower or blazing star instead of purple loosestrife.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2022
The Mesic Woodland Edge mix should do better in shady areas and includes such species as common milkweed, bee balm and dense blazing star.
—Peter Krouse, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
But blazing star only have one stalk of purple flowers that bloom from August to October.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2021
Standing in the preserve’s Visitation Prairie, Morkes pointed to stalks of blazing star — his favorite prairie flower — thriving among tall grasses, false sunflowers and spikes of goldenrod.
—Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2021
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“Blazing star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blazing%20star. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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