PLANTS Profile for Liatris helleri (Heller's blazing star)

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PLANTS Profile

Liatris helleri Porter
Heller's blazing star

Symbol:

LIHE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Liatris helleri Porter

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Synonyms:
Liatris helleri Porter

LAHE5

Lacinaria helleri (Porter) Porter ex A. Heller

Distribution:
Liatris helleri Porter


View Native Status

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USA (NC)

Related Taxa:
Liatris helleri Porter

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 49 species in Liatris

Classification:
Liatris helleri Porter

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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 helleri Porter – Heller's blazing star

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Liatris helleri Porter

This plant is 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.

United States:
Heller's blazingstar		Threatened
North Carolina:
Heller's blazing star		Special Concern, Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Liatris helleri Porter

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37926.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:54 PM CDT