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blazing star or button snakeroot, any plant of the genus Liatris, showy North American perennials of the family Asteraceae (aster aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis ..... Click the link for more information. family). The blossoms, rosy purple or white, are in somewhat feathery heads along a usually wandlike stalk. Medicinal use has been made of a few species by both Native Americans and settlers. Some are called gayfeather. Blazing star is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae. |
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Pray tell me, Lady Bellaston, who is this blazing star which you have produced among us all of a sudden? The large blazing stars which spangled the African sky glittered and gleamed without illuminating anything. |
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