Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.
- Common Name
- Dense Blazing Star
- Synonym(s)
- Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var spicata
- Comments
- See Comments under Liatris resinosa Nutt. The specimen from King George County in the northern VA Coastal Plain is assumed for mapping purposes to be L. spicata.
- Habitat
- Moist to wet meadows, clearings, riverside prairies, seeps, and outcrop barrens with periodic seepage; also in alternately wet-and-dry, shrink-swell hardpan soils. Infrequent in the mountains; rare in the Piedmont; often locally abundant where found.
- Native Status
- Native
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