World Species : Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie blazing star)

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Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie blazing star)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Liatris pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) is an ornamental plant native to the tallgrass prairies of the Midwestern United States.

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Infraspecies

Liatris pycnostachya var. hubrichtii
Liatris pycnostachya var. lasiophylla (prairie blazing star)
Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star)

Attributes

Allergen Potential ^[1]	Medium-Low
Screening - Summer ^[2]	Moderate
Screening - Winter ^[2]	Porous

Bloom Period ^[2]	Mid Summer
Drought Tolerance ^[2]	Medium
Fire Tolerance ^[2]	High
Frost Free Days ^[2]	4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance ^[2]	Low
Fruit/Seed Begin ^[2]	Summer
Fruit/Seed End ^[2]	Fall
Growth Form ^[2]	Multiple Stem
Growth Period ^[2]	Summer
Growth Rate ^[2]	Moderate
Leaf Type ^[2]	Deciduous
Lifespan ^[2]	Perennial
Propagation ^[2]	Corm, Cutting, Seed
Regrowth Rate ^[2]	Slow
Root Depth ^[2]	14 inches (36 cm)
Seed Spread Rate ^[2]	Slow
Seed Vigor ^[2]	Low
Seeds Per ^[2]	120000 / lb (264554 / kg)
Shape/Orientation ^[2]	Erect
Structure ^[3]	Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate ^[2]	None

Flower Color ^[2]	Purple
Foliage Color ^[2]	Green
Fruit Color ^[2]	Brown

Flower Conspicuous ^[2]	Yes

Height ^[2]	3.608 feet (1.1 m)

Hardiness Zone Minimum ^[2]	USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference ^[2]	Full Sun
Soil Acidity ^[2]	Neutral
Soil Fertility ^[2]	Intermediate
Water Use ^[2]	Moderate

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site			Iowa, United States
Pipestone National Monument	V	326	Minnesota, United States

Providers

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Pollinated by
Agapostemon viridulus	^[4]
Andrena salictaria	^[5]
Apis mellifera (honey bee)	^[4]
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Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumblebee)	^[4]
Bombus pensylvanicus (bumble bee)	^[4]
Bombus vagans (Half-black Bumblebee)	^[4]
Ceratina dupla (Little carpenter bee)	^[4]
Ceratobarys costata	^[5]
Elasmus nigripes	^[5]
Eoseristalis stipator	^[4]
Eristalis tenax (drone fly)	^[4]
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Exoprosopa fasciata	^[4]
Helophilus latifrons	^[5]
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Megachile inimica (Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee)	^[4]
Megachile latimanus (leafcutting bee)	^[4]
Melissodes agilis (Agile Long-horned Bee)	^[4]
Melissodes coloradensis	^[4]
Milichiella lucidula	^[5]
Morellia micans	^[5]
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Pemphredon inornata	^[5]
Physocephala texana	^[4]
Pieris rapae (imported cabbageworm)	^[4]
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Speyeria idalia (Regal fritillary)	^[4]
Spilomyia longicornis	^[5]
Stylogaster biannulata	^[4]
Svastra obliqua	^[4]
Systoechus vulgaris (grasshopper bee fly)	^[4]
Triepeolus concavus	^[4]
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External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ ²USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ ³Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ ⁴Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
♦ ⁵Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.

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