Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_1786.JPG-08-13-2017
Flower name (scientific): Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya André Michaux PY: 1803
Flower name (common): Prairie Blazing Star
Family name (common): Aster
Family name (scientific): Asteraceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Modern Latin; word origin has unknown derivation.
    Specific epithet: From the Greek pyknos, thick, and stachys, spike. Spike very dense.
Common name origin: From the common habitat and the conspicuous flower clusters, often of star-shaped flowers.
Flower description:
     Size: 0.2 to 0.4 inches (0.5 to 1.0 cm)
     Petal count: 5 (ray florets absent).
     Color: pink or red
     Other: flower arrangement, Spike
Plant description: Erect
     Size: 24 to 48 inches (61 to 122 cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple
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     Other: Shape: leaf, linear to narrowly oblanceolate or oblanceolate (FNA)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): July to September
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, meadows, fields, roadsides, sun, moist to wet.
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Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Barron, Brown, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, St. Croix, Vernon, Walworth, Waukesha, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TX, WI)
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