Taxon: Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd.

Genus:

Liatris

Family:

Asteraceae (alt.Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Eupatorieae

Subtribe:

Liatrinae

Nomen number:

406936

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 3(3):1636. 1803

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

15-mar-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 15-mar-2012

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(≡) Lacinaria pilosa (Aiton) A. Heller
(=) Liatris dubia W. P. C. Barton
(=) Liatris graminifolia Willd.
(=) Liatris graminifolia var. dubia (W. P. C. Barton) A. Gray
(=) Liatris pilosa var. laevicaulis DC.
Basionym: Serratula pilosa Aiton

Common names:

grass-leaf gayfeather (Source: F Florida) - English
grasblättrige Prachtscharte (Source: Zander Ency) - German

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard, as L. graminifolia; Hortus 3, as L. graminifolia; Zander ed14, as L. graminifolia)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey (s.), Pennsylvania (s.e.)]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina (n.e. & c.), Virginia]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Nesom, G. L. & J. M. Stucky 2004. Taxonomy of the Liatris pilosa (graminifolia complex (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) (Sida) 21(2):815-826.
Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998 (F Florida)

Check other web resources for Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willd. :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=406936. Accessed 6 junio 2026.