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Liatris elegans (pinkscale gayfeather)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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

Liatris elegans var. elegans (pinkscale blazing star)
Liatris elegans var. kralii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia, Florida)
Georgia Outer Coastal Plain Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia)
Southern Inner Coastal Plain Silty Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0