gay-feather(n = noun.plant) blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, snakeroot - any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads;
is a kind of wild flower, wildflower
is a member of genus liatris, liatris
has particulars: dotted gayfeather, liatris punctata, dense blazing star, liatris pycnostachya