Liatris gracilis, the slender blazing-star or slender gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. A perennial reaching 40 in (1 m) but often considerably shorter, it is native to the southeastern US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. It has been observed in habitats such as longleaf pine-wiregrass communities, oak scrub, grasslands, and sandhills.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Slender blazing-star being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Liatris provincialis
- Liatris elegantula
- Liatris secunda
- Liatris pauciflora
- Liatris garberi
- Liatris savannensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
- Species
- Liatris gracilis
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