Index / Search / Liatris squarrosa var. hirsuta
§1 Plant
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx. var. hirsuta (Rydb.) Gaiser
vernacular scaly 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 90 counties across 11 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 90 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Coffey 20031
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Marshall 20117
- Montgomery 20125
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Camden 29029
- Cass 29037
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Polk 29167
- Reynolds 29179
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LISQH ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3104322 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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