Flora of North America species comparison

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Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya
Photo is of parent taxon

prairie blazing star
Stems

usually glabrous or sparsely pilose except near heads (where sparsely piloso-puberulent).
Leaves

glabrous.
Corms

globose.
2n

= 20, 40.

Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya
Phenology Flowering mid Jun–Aug.
Habitat Moist prairies, wooded and rocky ridges, sandy woods, creek bottoms, dunes
Elevation 30–300(–900) m (100–1000(–3000) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MI; MN; MO; MS; ND; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TX; WI
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Discussion

Liatris pycnostachya is commonly cultivated. Collections from Michigan “doubtless represent escapes” (E. G. Voss, pers. comm.), as also do those from Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 525.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris > Liatris pycnostachya
Sibling taxa
L. pycnostachya var. lasiophylla
Synonyms L. bebbiana, L. langloisii
Name authority unknown
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