Index / Search / Liatris pilosa
§1 Plant
Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd.
vernacular shaggy blazing star — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Liatris
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 257 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–6.8
- Root depth
- 9 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Yellow-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 290,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 257 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gordon 13129
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Laurens 13175
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Rockdale 13247
- Stewart 13259
- Sumter 13261
- Thomas 13275
- Upson 13293
- White 13311
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Virginia view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LIPI7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8073855 ↗Record version
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