Blazing Star – Liatris spicata | Root Medicine & Pollinator Magnet

Root Medicine & Pollinator Magnet of the Prairie

Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) earns its name twice over — once for the tall, torch-like purple spikes that ignite a prairie garden in late summer, and once for the deep root medicine it carries. Used historically for urinary and kidney support, this plant is as purposeful underground as it is spectacular above it.

Come late summer, Monarchs and swallowtails swarm its blooms in waves. Plant it and watch your garden become a migration waystation.

• Light: Full sun
• Evergreen: No
• Maintenance: Low

A plant that works on two levels — healing the body and feeding the land. That’s Cajun Jardin medicine at its finest.