This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Button Snakeroot: Gay Feather. Liatris scariosa.
Composite Family. Aug. - Sept.
Found in fields, along roadsides, dry soil. Maine to Ontario, Nebraska and southward.
Variable purple, borne in a spike terminating stem 2 - 6 feet high.
Narrow lance-shaped.
Blazing Star.
 
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