Chapman's Blazing-star

Liatris chapmanii
(Chapman's Gayfeather)
Wildflower garden.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Fatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, scrub, dunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields and roadsides, sandhill. Pyrophytic.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Attracts butterflies and bees.
  • Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae have been observed visiting the flowers at the Archbold Biological Station.