Liatris cylindracea (Dwarf Blazing Star) Size:32 Plug Flat It serves as a preferred

It serves as a preferred host plant for the Baltimore checkerspot

Sun Exposure Prairie

This is a medium height native woodland plant

Soil Conditions Wet Mesic

Liatris cylindracea (Dwarf Blazing Star) Size:32 Plug Flat It serves as a preferredThe shortest of the blazing stars native to the Chicago Region, Dwarf Blazing Star, reaches only about a foot. A cluster of fluffy violet flowers begins blooming starting in July and blossom into October. The bright green strappy leaves decrease in size as they ascend the stem. Beloved of pollinators, especially bees and monarchs. A few moths species choose this plant as a larval host. Unfortunately, if you have rabbit and deer they readily over