Rough Blazing Star is a native, perennial wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows 16 to 48 inches tall. It is marked by rounded, pink, purple, or, more rarely, white flower heads, each 3/4-inch-wide made up of 25 to 40 florets. Its erect single stem has lance-shaped leaves, 1/4-inch-wide by four to 12 inches wide, and florets that cover the top 18 to 32 inches of the stem. It likes dry plains, prairies, and thin woodlands in sandy or rocky soil, and is drought tolerant. (SF)