Shortleaf Blazing-star

Liatris tenuifolia
(Shortleaf Gayfeather)
Two varieties exist, both occur in this area.



Wildflower garden.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, dry flatwoods. Also known from some rockland areas in Miami-Dade County.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Attracts butterflies and bees.
  • Documented bee visitors include  Agapostemon spleizdens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis suinptuosa, Coelioxys mexicana, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobreuis, M. briinleyi, M. petulans, Boinbus impatiens and B. pennsylvanicus (Deyrup et al. 2002).