PLANTS Profile for Liatris punctata (dotted blazing star)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Printer-Friendly / Plug-Ins

PLANTS Profile

Liatris punctata Hook.
dotted blazing star

Symbol:

LIPU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N


Other common names:
	dotted gayfeather

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, AZ, Flagstaff, Arboretum. July 14, 2001. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Liatris punctata Hook.

Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Liatris thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Distribution:
Liatris punctata Hook.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, CO, IA, IL, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Liatris punctata Hook.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 45 species in Liatris or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Liatris punctata Hook. var. mexicana Gaiser. .

Liatris punctata var. mexicana
Mexican blazing star

Distribution of Liatris punctata Hook. var. nebraskana Gaiser. .

Liatris punctata var. nebraskana
Nebraska blazing star

Distribution of Liatris punctata Hook. var. punctata. . Image Available.

Liatris punctata var. punctata
dotted blazing star

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Liatris punctata Hook.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 punctata Hook. – dotted blazing star

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Liatris punctata Hook.

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Michigan:
dotted blazing-star		Probably Extirpated
Wisconsin:
Liatris punctata var. nebraskana
dotted blazing star		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Liatris punctata Hook.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37936.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:04 PM CST