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Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Liatris spicata var. resinosa is found in the southern part of the species's natural range, the variable plants have only 5 or 6 flowers per head and the heads are more widely spaced on the stems, these differences are more pronounced when the plants are found in drier and coastal habitats.
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Infraspecies

Liatris spicata var. savannensis (Attributes)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [3]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [3]  Porous
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Color [3]  Purple
Foliage Color [3]  Green
Fruit Color [3]  Brown
Bloom Period [3]  Late Summer
Drought Tolerance [3]  Low
Fire Tolerance [3]  High
Flower Type [4]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [3]  5 months 15 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [3]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [3]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [3]  Fall
Growth Form [3]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [3]  Summer
Growth Rate [3]  Slow
Hazards [4]  Although we have no records of toxicity for this plant, one record says that the leaves contain coumarins. These have an anti-clotting effect on the blood and can prevent natural clotting of the blood when there is a cut;
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Pollinators [4]  Bees
Propagation [3]  Container, Corm, Seed
Regrowth Rate [3]  Slow
Root Depth [3]  14 inches (36 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Seed Vigor [3]  Low
Seeds Per [3]  100000 / lb (220462 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [3]  Erect
Structure [5]  Herb
Usage [4]  The aromatic leaves and roots are added to pot-pourri; The leaves and the roots are added to various insect-repellent herbal mixtures;
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  Slow
Flower Conspicuous [3]  Yes
Height [4]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [4]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [3]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Light Preference [3]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Infertile
Water Use [3]  Moderate
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Protected Areas

Predators

Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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