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Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.
pinkscale blazing star

       
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Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.

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Distribution:
Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.

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Related Taxa:
Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 44 species in Liatris or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx. var. carizzana Gaiser. .
Liatris elegans var. carizzana
pinkscale blazing star
Distribution of Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx. var. elegans. . Image Available.
Liatris elegans var. elegans
pinkscale blazing star
Distribution of Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx. var. flabellata (Small) Gaiser. .
Liatris elegans var. flabellata
pinkscale blazing star
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Liatris elegans (Walter) 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 elegans (Walter) Michx. – pinkscale blazing star
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx.

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Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller Minor           Minor  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Liatris elegans (Walter) 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 37919.

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

 
 
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