blazing star

/bleɪzɪŋ stɑr/

Other forms: blazing stars

Definitions of blazing star

1. noun

   biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning
   synonyms: Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia livicaulis

   type of:

   flower

   a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
2. noun

   any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
   synonyms: button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot

   types:

   Liatris punctata, dotted gayfeather

   herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico

   Liatris pycnostachya, dense blazing star

   perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers

   type of:

   wild flower, wildflower

   wild or uncultivated flowering plant