Index / Search / Liatris spicata var. spicata
§1 Plant
Liatris spicata (L.) Willd. var. spicata
vernacular dense blazing star — variety · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Liatris
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 188 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 188 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Benton 18007
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Madison 18095
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Huron 26063
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Brown 39015
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fulton 39051
- Henry 39069
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Ross 39141
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LISPS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/11370599 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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