1. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
   "blazing star's purple spikes stood out among the prairie grasses";
   - button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot
    
2. Biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning
   "The blazing star's flowers closed by midday";
   - Mentzelia laevicaulis

Derived forms: blazing stars

Type of: flower, wild flower, wildflower

Part of: genus Liatris, genus Mentzelia, Liatris, Mentzelia

Encyclopedia: Blazing star