PLANTS Profile for Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star)

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Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya
prairie blazing star

Symbol:

LIPYP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

Lacinaria pycnostachya

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 367. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

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Synonyms:
Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

	LAPY	Lacinaria pycnostachya (Michx.) Kuntze
	LIBE5	Liatris bebbiana Rydb.

Distribution:
Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya


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Related Taxa:
Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 49 species in Liatris, 2 varieties in Liatris pycnostachya Michx.

Classification:
Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

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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 pycnostachya Michx. – prairie blazing star
Variety	Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya – prairie blazing star

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

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Indiana:
Liatris pycnostachya
cattail gay-feather		Threatened

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

Liatris pycnostachya:

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+

FACU

FAC-

FAC

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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Liatris pycnostachya Michx. var. pycnostachya

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528786.

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