Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae

Liatris - [maps | photos]

• Liatris aspera Michx.
  Common Name: tall blazing star

• Liatris cylindracea Michx. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: Ontario blazing star

• Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
  Common Name: smallhead blazing star

• Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: shaggy blazing star

• Liatris scariosa (L.) Willd
  Common Name: devil's bite

• Liatris spicata (L.) Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: dense blazing star

• Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx.
  Common Name: scaly blazing star

• Liatris squarrulosa Michx.
  Common Name: Appalachian blazing star

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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