Blazing Star (Liatris gracilis) - 1 GallonBlazing star (Liatris gracilis) is a short lived perennial in the Aster family whose native range includes most of Florida and a few counties in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Found in habitat that includes dry hammocks, oak scrubs, longleaf pine wiregrass flatwoods communities, mixed oak pine woodlands, grasslands, sandhills, and limestone outcroppings, blazing star cannot tolerate wet to slightly dry soil. At 4 6 feet tall, the

It is drought tolerant and generally pest free

It has 8 to 12-inch-long leaves shaped like oak leaves - hence the name

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Exposure: Full sun to part shade

The leaves and fruits of this plant contain toxic compounds that make it resistant to deer and insects

Preferring sandy soils

Size: 1-2 ft

ensuring its continued presence in naturalized landscapes

It is not salt tolerant - it will tolerate salty wind but not direct salt spray

Variegated fritillaries

It likes part shade to sun and grows in moist to dry soils

naturally growing in clumps with a distinctive fan shape