gayfeather

Definitions of gayfeather

1. noun

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