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MONOCOTS

blazing star (Liatris spp.; COMPOSITE FAMILY [Asteraceae]) Perennial herbs with multiple unbranched stems arising from a corm.  Magenta heads showy in terminal spike-like clusters, which may clothe most of plant.  Heads composed of tubular flowers that appear ray-like because of conspicuous appendages protruding from the style branches.  Stem leaves usually narrow; plants rarely branched above the base.  Found in sandy open ground and prairies.  Flowers in summer and early fall.  [119]

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