gay-feather

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gay-feather - any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower headsgayfeather, snakeroot, blazing star, button snakerootwild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantgenus Liatris, Liatris - genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous rootsdotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata - herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexicodense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya - perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers