Native plant · ASTERACEAE
Liatris elegans
PINKSCALE GAYFEATHER; elegant gayfeather
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Liatris elegans. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Liatris elegans
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Genus
- Liatris
- Order
- ASTERALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- North Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Clay; Hernando; Nassau; St. Johns; Madison; Columbia; Marion; Alachua; Washington; Calhoun; Holmes; Walton; Flagler; Escambia; Duval; Liberty; Levy; Gilchrist
Verified ecology and propagation
- Native habitat
- sandhill; pineland
- Moisture
- dry
- Restoration considerations
- Habitats: Sandhills; mesic longleaf pinelands; edges of woodlands; Life history: Perennial; Flowering: September to October; Flowering height: 2 to 4 feet; Guide notes: Well-drained site; tall flowering stems tend to lodge
Where documented in Florida
Clay; Hernando; Nassau; St. Johns; Madison; Columbia; Marion; Alachua; Washington; Calhoun; Holmes; Walton; Flagler; Escambia; Duval; Liberty; Levy; Gilchrist
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Liatris
- Liatris aspera — TALL GAYFEATHER; rough blazing star
- Liatris chapmanii — CHAPMAN'S GAYFEATHER; Chapman's blazing star
- Liatris elegantula — GRASSLEAF GAYFEATHER; shaggy blazing star
- Liatris garberi — GARBER'S GAYFEATHER; Garber's blazing star
- Liatris gholsonii — GHOLSON'S GAYFEATHER; Gholson's blazing star
- Liatris gracilis — SLENDER GAYFEATHER; slender blazing-star
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.