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 | Liatris pycnostachya needs more moisture than other liatris, coming from the black soil prairies from South Dakota to Louisiana.  The flower spikes here are densely packed with red-purple flowers giving a true narrow plumed effect. 
 Midsummer to fall.  5 ft.  x 18 in.
 
 Red Purple flowers
 
 Sun     Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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