Liatris hirsuta
Common name: scaly blazing star [1]
| Liatris hirsuta | |
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| Photo by Michael Haddock at Kansas Wildflowers Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Liatris |
| Species: | L. hirsuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Liatris hirsuta L. | |
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| Natural range of Liatris hirsuta from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Liatris squarrosa (Linnaeus) Michaux var. hirsuta (Rydberg) Gaiser
Varieties: none
Description
L. hirsuta is a perennial forb/herb of the Asteraceae family native to North America. [1]
Distribution
L. hirsuta is found in the southeastern corner of the United States excluding Florida. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
L. hirsuta is found in glades and prairies. [2] Specimens have been collected from sandy loam on roadside, hardwood hammock margins, clearing in longleaf pinewoods, wiregrass longleaf pine woods, longleaf pine savanna, and moist loany sand of pine-oak regions. [3]
Conservation and Management
L. hirsuta is listed as endangered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program, and as probably extirpated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Natural Features Inventory. [1]
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LISQH
- ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Steven P. Christman, R.Kral. States and counties: Florida (Washinggton, Escambia, Highlands, Santa Rosa) Georgia (Thomas) Alabama (Lowndes)
