I wait, patiently, every Summer, for my #purple #liatris flowers to bloom. They started blooming, this weekend 😍

What's unique & interesting about liatris?

Their flowers bloom downwards & not upwards, like most other flowering perennial plants.
They're also food plants for larvae of some #Lepidoptera species including the #Flower #Moths #SchiniaGloriosa & #SchiniaSanguinea - both feed exclusively on liatris plants.

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