Asteraceae
Shaggy blazing star
Liatris pilosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 细叶蛇鞭菊
- English
- Shaggy blazing star, Grass-leaf blazing star, Grass-leaf blazing-star, Grass-leaf blazingstar, Sandhills blazing star, Sandhills blazing-star, Sandhills blazingstar, Shaggy blazing-star
Synonyms
- Anonymos ciliata Walter
- Anonymos graminifolia Walter
- Lacinaria graminifolia Kuntze
- Lacinaria graminifolia var. graminifolia
- Lacinaria graminifolia var. pilosa (Aiton) Britton
- Lacinaria pilosa (Aiton) A.Heller
- Lacinaria pilosa (Aiton) A.Heller
- Liatris dubia Barton
- Liatris elegantula (Greene) Schumann
- Liatris graminifolia Pursh
- Liatris graminifolia Willd.
- Liatris graminifolia var. dubia (W.P.C.Barton) A.Gray
- Liatris graminifolia var. graminifolia
- Liatris graminifolia var. lasia Fernald & Griscom
- Liatris graminifolia var. racemosa (DC.) Venard
- Liatris graminifolia var. smallii (Britton) Fernald & Griscom
- Liatris graminifolia var. virgata (Nutt.) Fernald
- Liatris pilosa var. laevicaulis DC.
- Liatris pilosa var. pilosa
- Liatris propinqua Hook.
- Liatris spicata var. racemosa DC.
- Liatris virgata Nutt.
- Serratula pilosa Aiton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.