Liatris resinosa American Voices Erysimum despite its typical painted fern

despite its typical painted fern leaf appearance

Bletilla formosana

Each flower is composed of a large

Starting in mid-May (NC)

purplish pink flowers (RHS 62B)

Liatris resinosa American Voices Erysimum despite its typical painted fernLiatris resinosa is a rarely cultivated blazing star, naturally found from Delaware southwest to Louisiana, where it grows in seeps, bogs, and wet savannas, often with Sarracenias. Although lumped for several decades with Liatris spicata, it has been re elevated back to species status. The tops of the thin, 20" tall spikes, which are clothed with needle thin green leaves, are adorned, starting in mid summer with light purple flowers held in