Liatris scariosa (Northern blazing star)

6/20/2010 · Blue Hill Reservation, Milford, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 12″ (20 × 31 cm) ID is uncertain

6/20/2010 · Blue Hill Reservation, Milford, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain

6/20/2010 · Blue Hill Reservation, Milford, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Liatris	A very old name, meaning lost
Species	scariosa	Thin and dry or “scarious”