PLANTS Profile for Liatris aspera (tall blazing star)

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PLANTS Profile

Liatris aspera Michx.
tall blazing star

Symbol:

LIAS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Liatris aspera Michx.

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Distribution:
Liatris aspera Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NY, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Liatris aspera Michx.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 49 species in Liatris or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Liatris aspera Michx. var. aspera. .

Liatris aspera var. aspera
tall blazing star

Distribution of Liatris aspera Michx. var. intermedia (Lunell) Gaiser. .

Liatris aspera var. intermedia
tall blazing star

Distribution of Liatris aspera Michx. var. salutans (Lunell) Shinners. .

Liatris aspera var. salutans
tall blazing star

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Liatris aspera Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Liatris Gaertn. ex Schreb. – blazing star
Species	Liatris aspera Michx. – tall blazing star

More Accounts and Images:
Liatris aspera Michx.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37909.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:32 AM CDT