| Liatris | |
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| Liatris spicata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
| Genus: | Liatris Gaertn. ex Schreb. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Liatris (/laɪˈætrɪs/[2]), commonly known as gayfeather[3] and blazing star[4][5] is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas).[6][7][4] Some species are used as ornamental plants, sometimes in flower bouquets. They are perennials, surviving the winter and resprouting underground corms.[4]
Liatris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the flower moths Schinia gloriosa and Schinia sanguinea, both of which feed exclusively on the genus, and Schinia tertia and Schinia trifascia.
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- ^ "ITIS - Report: Liatris".
- ^ a b c Nesom, Guy L. (2006). "Liatris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Liatris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel von. 1791. Genera Plantarum 2: 542
- ^ "Liatris". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.