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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Liatris gracilis Pursh
Slender gayfeather, Blazing star

Liatris gracilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. We consider this native and extant only on Big Pine Key in the lower Keys. An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Liatris gracilis available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Liatris gracilis has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native




Liatris gracilis has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Pine Rockland


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Liatris gracilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Liatris gracilis
Copyright by: Susan Trammell
Liatris gracilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Liatris gracilis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Liatris gracilis
Copyright by: Susan Lerner, cultivated at Pan's Garden, Town of Palm Beach, Florida, USA.