PLANTS Profile for Liatris spicata var. spicata (dense blazing star)

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PLANTS Profile

Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata
dense blazing star

Symbol:

LISPS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata

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Synonyms:
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata

LASP5

Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 49 species in Liatris, 2 varieties in Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.

Classification:
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata

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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 spicata (L.) Willd. – dense blazing star
Variety	Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata – dense blazing star

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata

Liatris spicata:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC+

FAC+

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531073.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 09:06 AM CDT