''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to

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(Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used as ornamental plants, sometimes in flower bouquets. They are perennials, surviving the winter in the form of corms. ''Liatris'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some

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species including the flower moths '' Schinia gloriosa'' and '' Schinia sanguinea'', both of which feed exclusively on the genus, and ''

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Schinia trifascia ''Schinia trifascia'', the three-lined flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found in North America from Ontario and Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Arizona, C ...

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Classification

''Liatris'' is in the tribe Eupatorieae of the aster family. Like other members of this tribe, the flower heads have disc florets and no ray florets. ''Liatris'' is in the subtribe Liatrinae along with '' Trilisa'', ''

Carphephorus ''Carphephorus'' is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to Virginia. Plants of this genus are known commonly as chaffheads. ''Liatris'' is closely related to '' Garberia'', a genus with only one species endemic to Florida. The two genera can be distinguished by the

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form of the latter and by

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Species

Species in the genus include:Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
GRIN Species Records of ''Liatris''.
GRIN.Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272 * ''

Liatris acidota ''Liatris acidota'', also known as the Gulf Coast gayfeather, sharp blazing star and sharp gayfeather, is a plant species in the family Asteraceae and genus ''Liatris''. It is native to Louisiana and Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Sp ...

'' – sharp blazing star, Gulf Coast blazing star - TX LA * ''

Liatris aestivalis ''Liatris aestivalis'', also known as the summer gayfeather, is a plant species in the family Asteraceae and genus ''Liatris''. The specific epithet, ''aestivalis'', is derived from Latin and means "pertaining to the summer". Description It grow ...

'' – summer blazing star - TX OK * '' Liatris aspera'' – tall blazing star - ONT, United States ( Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes, scattered locales in East) * ''

Liatris borealis ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' - Allegheny Mountains of PA * ''

Liatris × boykinii ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

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Liatris bracteata ''Liatris bracteata'', commonly known as the bracted blazing star, or South Texas gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Texas in the United States, where it is found in coastal prairies, roadsides, ...

'' – bracted blazing star - TX * ''

Liatris chapmanii ''Liatris chapmanii'', also known as Chapman's blazing star or Chapman's gayfeather, is a plant species in the family Asteraceae and genus '' Liatris''. It is native to Alabama, Florida and Georgia in the United States, where it is found in hab ...

'' – Chapman's blazing star - FL GA AL * ''

Liatris cokeri ''Liatris cokeri'', also known as Coker's gayfeather and sandhills blazing star (a name it shares with '' Liatris pilosa''), is a plant species in the family Asteraceae and genus ''Liatris''. It is native to North and South Carolina in the United ...

'' – Coker's blazing star - NC SC * ''

Liatris compacta ''Liatris compacta'', sometimes called Arkansas gayfeather, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Asteraceae and genus ''Liatris''. It is native to the Ouachitas of west-central Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma in the central United States, w ...

'' – scaly blazing star - AR OK * ''

Liatris creditonensis ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' - ONT * ''

Liatris cylindracea ''Liatris cylindracea'' (known as barrelhead blazing star, cylindric or cylindrical blazing star, Ontario blazing star, or dwarf blazing star) is a plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America, where its populatio ...

'' – Ontario blazing star, fewhead blazing star - ONT, central + southeastern United States * ''

Liatris cymosa ''Liatris cymosa'', also known as Aggie-land gayfeather or branched blazing star, is a plant species in the family Asteraceae and genus '' Liatris''. It is native to east central Texas in North America, where it is found in habitats such as po ...

'' – branched blazing star - TX * ''

Liatris × deamii ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

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Liatris densispicata ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' - MN * ''

Liatris elegans ''Liatris elegans'', known commonly as pinkscale gayfeather, pinkscale blazingstar, and elegant blazingstar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern United States as far west as Texas and Oklahom ...

'' – pinkscale blazing star, elegant blazing star - TX OK AR LA MS AL FL GA SC * ''

Liatris elegantula ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' – shaggy blazing star - TN MS AL GA FL * ''

Liatris fallacior ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' - ND * ''

Liatris × frostii ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' - MN MO * ''

Liatris garberi ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – Garber's blazing star - FL Bahamas * ''

Liatris gholsonii ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – Gholson's blazing star - FL * ''

Liatris × gladewitzii ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' - ONT, MI WI IL * ''

Liatris glandulosa ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – glandular blazing star - TX * ''

Liatris gracilis ''Liatris gracilis'', the slender blazing-star or slender gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in ove ...

'' – slender blazing star - MS AL GA FL SC * ''

Liatris helleri ''Liatris helleri'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Heller's blazing star and Heller's gayfeather. It is native to the Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States, found in the st ...

'' – Heller's blazing star, turgid blazing star - MD WV VA NC * ''

Liatris hirsuta ''Liatris hirsuta'', commonly called hairy gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is found primarily in the Midwestern and South-Central regions of the United States. Its typ ...

'' – hairy blazing star - central + southeastern United States * ''

Liatris laevigata ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – shortleaf blazingstar - FL GA * ''

Liatris lancifolia ''Liatris lancifolia'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae native to the prairies of central and western North America, known by the common names lanceleaf blazing star and Great Plains gayfeather. References lancif ...

'' – lanceleaf blazingstar - NM TX CO WY KS NE SD IA * ''

Liatris ligulistylis ''Liatris ligulistylis'' (Rocky Mountain blazing star, northern plains blazing star, or meadow blazing star) is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae, native to the central United States and central Canada. Description The leaves have whit ...

'' – Rocky Mountain blazing star, strap-style blazing star - MAN

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Liatris microcephala ''Liatris microcephala'', known by the common names smallhead blazing star and smallhead gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States, primarily to regions of the Cumberland ...

'' – small-head blazing star - NC SC GA AL TN KY * ''

Liatris novae-angliae ''Liatris novae-angliae'', commonly known as the New England blazing-star, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Conservation status in the United States It is endangered in New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. It is ...

'' – New England blazing-star * '' Liatris ohlingerae'' – Florida blazing star, scrub blazing star - FL * ''

Liatris oligocephala ''Liatris oligocephala'', the Cahaba torch, is a flowering plant in the genus ''Liatris'' (blazing stars). Its native range is very small, with all known populations being within Bibb County, Alabama, and therefore the species is of conservation ...

'' – Cahaba torch - AL * ''

Liatris patens ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – spreading blazing star, Georgia blazing star - FL GA SC * ''

Liatris pauciflora ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' – fewflower blazing star - AL GA FL SC NC * ''

Liatris pilosa ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – grass-leaf blazing star, shaggy blazing star - SC NC VA MD DE PA NJ * ''

Liatris × platylepis ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' - LA * ''

Liatris provincialis ''Liatris provincialis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Godfrey's blazing star and Godfrey's gayflower. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is limited to Wakulla and Fra ...

'' – Godfrey's blazing star - FL * ''

Liatris punctata ''Liatris punctata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names dotted gayfeather, dotted blazingstar, and narrow-leaved blazingstar. It is native to North America, where it occurs throughout the plains of ...

'' – dotted blazing star, plains gayfeather - MAN

eastern + central United States

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Liatris pycnostachya ''Liatris pycnostachya'', the prairie blazing star, cattail gayfeather or cattail blazing star, is a perennial plant in the Asteraceae family that is native to the tallgrass prairies of the central United States. Description The flower stalks r ...

'' – prairie blazing star, button snakeroot, cattail gayfeather, thickspike gayfeather, Kansas gayfeather -

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Liatris × ridgwayi ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' - IL KS * ''

Liatris savannensis ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' – savanna blazing star - FL * ''

Liatris scariosa ''Liatris scariosa'', called savanna blazing star, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Liatris'', native to the US states of Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. It is Fire adaptations, fire-ad ...

'' – northern gayfeather, devil's bite - eastern + central United States * ''

Liatris × serotina ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' - LA * ''

Liatris × spheroidea ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' - ONT * '' Liatris spicata'' – dense blazing star, button snakewort, florist gayfeather, marsh blazingstar, prairie-pine - ONT

eastern United States * ''

Liatris squarrosa ''Liatris squarrosa'', commonly called the scaly blazingstar, is an herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern and central North America, with most populations in the Southeastern United States. It is a somewhat conservative species, often foun ...

'' – loosescale gayfeather, colicroot, scaly blazing star - central + southeastern United States * ''

Liatris squarrulosa ''Liatris squarrulosa'', commonly called Appalachian blazing star or southern blazingstar, is an herbaceous perennial plant is the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is found in naturally open communities ...

'' – southern gayfeather, Appalachian blazing star - south-central + southeastern United States * ''

Liatris × steelei ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' - IL IN KY * ''

Liatris tenuifolia ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – pine-needle gayfeather, shortleaf gayfeather - MS AL GA TN SC * ''

Liatris tenuis ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are u ...

'' – gulf blazing star, Shinners' gayfeather - TX LA * ''

Liatris virgata ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

'' – wand blazing star, King's Mountain gayfeather, piedmont gayfeather - VA WV NC SC GA * ''

Liatris × weaveri ''Liatris'' (), commonly known as gayfeather and blazing star. is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Some species are used ...

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References

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