dotted gayfeather

Definitions of dotted gayfeather
  1. noun
    herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
    synonyms: Liatris punctata
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    type of:
    blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot
    any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
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