Taxon

Liatris spicata

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Common name: spike gayfeather, spike blazing-star, marsh gayfeather, dense blazing-star
Family: Asteraceae (aster, daisy, sunflower family)
Distribution: e. North America
Habitat: Fields, road banks, fencerows, lake sides, wet to moist prairies and meadows, bogs, seepages, dunes, limestone and granite outcrops, sandy clays, sandy loams, moist woods, oak, oak-pine, and sweetgum flats, tamarack swamps; 50–1700 m
Hardiness: USDA Zone 3
Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber)
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: ED085 • Accession: D2012-0381 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: ED085 • Accession: D2020-0280 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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