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