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(First upload on December 20 2019. Last on September 10 2020) [ 日本語 | English ]

Liatris Gaertn. ex Schreb. (キリンギク) Kiringiku (キリンギク, 麒麟菊), dense blazing star, prairie feather, gayfeather or button snakewort Life form: perennial forb, up to 1.5 m tall cold-tolerant Distribution: eastern North America introduced to Japan in Taisho Era Habitat: moist prairies, wet meadows, fen, moist savanna, wetland edges, etc. in the native regions

Use: gardening → cultivars, e.g., Alba, Floristan White, Callilepsis, Floristan Violett and Kobold Native American: used as medicine (carminative, diuretic, stimulant and expectorant herb) var. resinosa Gaiser: only 5 or 6 flowers per head

Liatris spicata transplanted in Hokkaido

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[1-3] in a flowerlet in front of a post office, N24/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 17 2026.