Liatris
E221248
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blazing Star | 1 |
| Liatris canonical | 1 |
| Liatris ligulistylis | 1 |
| Liatris punctata | 1 |
| Liatris pycnostachya | 1 |
| Liatris spicata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1982083 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liatris Context triple: [Asteraceae, includesGenus, Liatris]
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A.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
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C.
Hedysarum
Hedysarum is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family known for its herbaceous species often found in temperate and arctic regions.
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D.
Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
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E.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liatris Target entity description: Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
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A.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
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C.
Hedysarum
Hedysarum is a genus of flowering legumes in the pea family known for its herbaceous species often found in temperate and arctic regions.
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D.
Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
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E.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attracts |
monarch butterflies
ⓘ
pollinators ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
blazing star
ⓘ
button snakeroot ⓘ gayfeather ⓘ |
| family | Asteraceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
late summer
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
open woodlands
ⓘ
prairies ⓘ roadsides ⓘ savannas ⓘ |
| hasFlowerColor |
lavender
ⓘ
purple ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Liatris aspera
ⓘ
Liatris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Liatris ligulistylis
Liatris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Liatris punctata
Liatris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Liatris pycnostachya
Liatris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Liatris spicata
|
| inflorescenceType |
raceme-like spike
ⓘ
spike ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Canada
ⓘ
North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| order | Asterales ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ moths ⓘ |
| prefersLight | full sun ⓘ |
| prefersSoil | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| propagatedBy |
division
ⓘ
seed ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ |
| tribe | Eupatorieae ⓘ |
| undergroundStructure |
corm
ⓘ
tuberous root ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cut flowers
ⓘ
dried flowers ⓘ ornamental gardening ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Liatris Description of subject: Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Liatris spicata
this entity surface form:
Liatris pycnostachya
this entity surface form:
Liatris ligulistylis
this entity surface form:
Liatris punctata
subject surface form:
Letter G (Masonic symbol)
this entity surface form:
Blazing Star