Liatris cylindracea

Slender Blazing Star 

• Full Sun
• Average to dry soil
• 12" to 16" tall, 6" to 10" wide
• Summer blooms 
• Native to Ontario, Garden and Dry Meadow settings

Grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/liatris-cylindracea-dwarf-blazing-star-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

The smallest of the Liatris species I’ve planted, this species is the least capable of coping with competition but is very well suited to dry, low nutrient soils and hot, sunny locations. Would do well along side Prairie Smoke, Lance Leaf Coreopsis and Pearly Everlasting. 

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details. 

Photos by Aaron Carlson from Menomonie and wackybadger via Wikimedia Commons