Liatris spicata

Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. Engl.: button snakeroot, colic-root, dense blazingstar, devil's bit, gay-feather, spiked gayfeather. Deu.: Prachtscharte. Suom.: punatähkä. Bot. syn.: Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze.

Liatris.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Diuretics.

Liatris. Liatris spicata.

Classic texts: Ellingwood 1919.

Photo: Liatris spicata 5.

Photo: Liatris spicata 5. Flowering plant. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-08-25.

Photo: Liatris spicata 6.

Photo: Liatris spicata 6. Flowers. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-08-25.

Photo: Liatris spicata 7.

Photo: Liatris spicata 7. Flowerstalks. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-08-25.

Photo: Liatris spicata 8.

Photo: Liatris spicata 8. Flowerstalks. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-08-25.

Photo: Liatris spicata 4.

Photo: Liatris spicata 4. Flowering plant. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-17.

Photo: Liatris spicata 3.

Photo: Liatris spicata 3. Flowerspike. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-17.

Photo: Liatris spicata 1.

Photo: Liatris spicata 1. Flowering tops. Marketan puisto, Espoo, Finland. Planted. 2002-08-14.

Photo: Liatris spicata 2.

Photo: Liatris spicata 2. Flower. Marketan puisto, Espoo, Finland. Planted. 2002-08-14.

Photo: Liatris spicata.

Photo: Liatris spicata. Flowering plants. Marketan puisto, Espoo, Finland. Planted. 2002-08-14.