blazingstar
See also: blazing star
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blazingstar (countable and uncountable, plural blazingstars)
- Any of the plant of the genus Mentzelia, native to western North America, including Mexico.
- Any of the plant of the genus Liatris, native to North America, including Mexico, east of the continental divide.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Liatris): gayfeather (some species)
Derived terms
[edit]- Adonis blazingstar (Mentzelia multiflora)
- Argus blazingstar (Mentzelia oreophila)
- dense blazingstar (Mentzelia densa)
- candelaria blazingstar (Mentzelia candelariae)
- desert blazingstar (Mentzelia desertorum)
- giant blazingstar (Mentzelia laevicaulis)
- Goodrich's blazingstar (Mentzelia goodrichii)
- grass blazingstar (Mentzelia gracilenta)
- Inyo blazingstar (Mentzelia inyoensis)
- Jones' blazingstar (Mentzelia jonesii)
- Lindley's blazingstar (Mentzelia lindleyi)
- nine-eleven blazingstar (Mentzelia memorabilis)
- Pinyon blazingstar (Mentzelia eremophila)
- polished blazingstar (Mentzelia polita)
- reflexed blazingstar (Mentzelia reflexa)
- San Joaquin blazingstar (Mentzelia pectinata)
- San Luis blazingstar (Mentzelia micrantha
- sand blazingstar (Mentzelia involucrata)
- Santa Fe blazingstar (Mentzelia springeri)
- shining blazingstar (Mentzelia nitens)
- Sierra blazingstar (Mentzelia crocea)
- spinyhair blazingstar (Mentzelia tricuspis)
- tenpetal blazingstar (Mentzelia decapetala)
- Torrey's blazingstar (Mentzelia torreyi)
- united blazingstar (Mentzelia congesta)
- variegated-bract blazingstar (Mentzelia montana)
- Veatch's blazingstar (Mentzelia veatchiana)
- white-bract blazingstar (Mentzelia involucrata)
- whitestem blazingstar (Mentzelia albicaulis)
Translations
[edit]Mentzelia
Liatris
References
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blazingstar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Liatris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Liatris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Liatris at USDA Plants database
- Mentzelia at USDA Plants database
