Texas
Wildbuds

Liatris elegans

(Pinkscale Gayfeather)

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Liatris elegans, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1392

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Liatris elegans and American Bumbe Bee, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1375

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Liatris elegans, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1523

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Liatris elegans, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1551

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Liatris elegans and Longhorn Beetle, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1537

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Liatris elegans, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1528

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Liatris elegans, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1396

Scientific Name Liatris elegans USDA PLANTS Symbol LIEL
Common Name Pinkscale Gayfeather, Pinkscale Blazing Star ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 37919
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Sandy soils in open areas in fields, brushlands and woodlands and along roadsides.
Plant: Erect perennial with one or 2 stiff, leafy stems from 12 inches to 4 feet tall; pubescent-hairy.
Leaves: Basal leaves usually withering before flowering; alternate stem leaves, linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-3/8 to 8 inches long and less than 1/3-inch wide, becoming smallar upward; sessile, hairless and gland-dotted (punctate).
Inflorescence: Many white to pink composite flowers in a long crowded cylindrical or somewhat pyramid-shaped spike 6 to 20 inches long; heads usually sessile or with short peduncles and each with 4 or 5 florets with 5 white to pink reflexed corolla lobes.
Bloom Period: August to October.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi and Flora of North America.
BONAP Distribution Map

Map Color Key
Texas Status:
Native

Banner photo of Lupinus ssp. by Rick Capozza, Austin TX

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