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The Prairie Blazing Star, *Liatris pycnostachya*, is a striking wildflower native to central prairies. This composite plant produces tall spikes of vibrant purple blooms that emerge from the top and cascade downwards. Its unique flowering structure supports pollinators like bees and butterflies and...

The Rough Blazing Star, *Liatris aspera*, is a striking wildflower found in prairie ecosystems of eastern North America. Its distinctive tall spikes of densely packed, button-shaped purple flowers are notable for their drought tolerance and ability to thrive in open landscapes. This plant provides v...

The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative is a visual novel developed by Spike Chunsoft continuing the investigation into the unsettling Half Body murders. Uchikoshi Kotaro returns to lead this sequel exploring new psychic abilities and interconnected mysteries. The game focuses on Detective Miyano’s p...

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE is a 2023 mystery adventure game developed by Too Kyo Games and co-developed and published by Spike Chunsoft. It follows amnesiac detective trainee Yuma Kokohead and the death god Shinigami as they investigate crimes in the rain-covered city of Kanai Ward. The ga...

Purple prairie clover, Dalea purpurea, is a perennial legume native to prairies and open grasslands across central North America. In summer it bears dense cylindrical flower heads in which small purple blossoms open progressively around the spike, above finely divided leaves. Symbiotic bacteria asso...

The Joe Schmo Show is a comedy reality parody series that premiered on Spike TV in 2003, created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The premise centers on a single genuine, unsuspecting contestant who believes they are competing on a real reality show, while all other participants, including the host,...

Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris) is a herbaceous perennial in the Primulaceae family native to wetlands of eastern North America. It produces erect terminal spikes of bright yellow, star-shaped flowers that often have a reddish-orange spot at the base. The plant typically grows in acidic bogs,...

White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) is a native perennial legume of North American grasslands and prairies. It develops a deep taproot and produces cylindrical flower spikes of small white tubular blossoms that open progressively from bottom to top in mid-summer. As a legume, it fixes nitrogen and...

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) is an aquatic perennial plant native to wetlands and shallow waters throughout the Americas. It is easily recognized by its large, glossy, heart-shaped leaves and distinctive vertical spikes of small purple flowers that bloom throughout the summer. The plant plays a...

Lupines (Lupinus) are a genus of over 200 flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to the Americas and the Mediterranean region. They are easily recognized by their tall, erect spikes of densely packed pea-like flowers and their palmately divided leaves. As legumes, they form a symbio...

Echium is a genus of roughly 70 flowering plant species in the family Boraginaceae, native to parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Species may be annuals, biennials, or perennials and often bear dense spikes or coiled clusters of flowers. Viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare, is a familiar example with blu...

Hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) is an upright perennial native to prairies, dry meadows, roadsides, and open habitats in central and eastern North America. Dense hairs cover its stems and leaves, giving the plant a gray or silvery appearance and helping limit water loss. Blue to purple flowers are a...

Blue vervain, Verbena hastata, is a tall perennial herb native to North America and commonly associated with wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, and other moist ground. It produces narrow spikes of small blue to purple flowers above an upright, branched stem. The species has a history of use in...

Torch lily is a common name for Kniphofia uvaria, a rhizomatous perennial native to southern Africa. It forms clumps of narrow, strap-like leaves and produces tall flower spikes composed of tubular blossoms, with red or orange flowers toward the upper part and yellow flowers below. The nectar-bearin...

Kniphofia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, native to Africa, especially the southern and eastern parts of the continent. The plants form clumps of narrow, grass-like leaves and produce upright spikes of tubular flowers, often with red, orange, yellow, or cream to...

Gladiolus is a genus of perennial plants in the iris family, Iridaceae, that grow from underground corms. The genus is native mainly to sub-Saharan Africa, with additional species around the Mediterranean and in parts of Asia. Gladiolus plants have sword-shaped leaves and upright flower spikes beari...

Blazing star is the common name for plants in the genus Liatris, a group of herbaceous perennials native to North America. The plants grow from underground corms and produce upright flower spikes covered with dense purple, pink, or white florets. In many species the flower heads open from the top of...

Stock commonly refers to Matthiola incana, a Mediterranean plant grown for its dense spikes of four-petaled flowers and strong clove-like fragrance. It may be cultivated as an annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial depending on climate and growing conditions. Flowers occur in shades including wh...

Tut is a three-part historical drama miniseries that premiered in 2015. It follows the life and political rule of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh whose tomb was discovered largely intact in 1922. The Canadian-American production stars Avan Jogia in the title role and was broadcast in the United St...

Tattoo Nightmares was a reality television series broadcast by Spike TV from 2012 to 2014. Each episode followed tattoo artists in Los Angeles as they designed cover-up tattoos for clients seeking to conceal unwanted, poorly executed, or personally regretted work. The series focused on the consultat...

Common agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria, is a perennial herb in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe and parts of Asia and grows in grassland, woodland margins, hedgerows, and other open habitats. The plant produces slender spikes of small yellow flowers and later develops hooked burr-like...

Water smartweed, Persicaria amphibia, is a perennial plant found across much of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in shallow water and wet ground, where it may develop floating leaves and stems or spread along pond, lake, and stream margins. Its upright flowering spikes contain small pink flowers. T...

Pennsylvania smartweed, or Persicaria pensylvanica, is an annual flowering plant native to moist habitats in North America. It commonly grows in wetlands, along shorelines, in wet meadows, and in other areas with damp soil. The plant produces dense spikes of small pink flowers, followed by seeds tha...

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a biennial flowering plant in the figwort family, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa and introduced widely elsewhere. During its first year it forms a basal rosette of large, grey-green, woolly leaves; in its second year it produces a tall flowering spi...

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a wetland flowering plant in the family Lythraceae, growing up to about two meters tall with dense spikes of purple-magenta flowers in summer. Native to Europe and Asia, it was introduced to North America in the nineteenth century and is now classified there...