Index / Search / Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa
§1 Plant
Liatris squarrosa (L.) Michx. var. squarrosa
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
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 254 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 254 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Larue 21123
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Natchitoches 22069
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Chambers 48071
- DeWitt 48123
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Jasper 48241
- Lavaca 48285
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LISQS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4273397 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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