Liatris spicata
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Liatris
- Species
- Liatris spicata
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1803
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Liatris spicata. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
21 synonyms in this snapshot
- Kuhnia spicataName author: (L.) Baill.
- Kuhnia spicataName author: (L.) Baill.
- Lacinaria elongataName author: Greene
- Lacinaria spicataName author: (L.) Kuntze
- Lacinaria spicata f. spicataName author: Not supplied
- Lacinaria spicata var. spicataName author: Not supplied
- Lacinaria vittataName author: Greene
- Liatris macrostachyaName author: Michaux
- Liatris magnificaName author: G.Nicholson
- Liatris pictaName author: Barton ex DC.
- Liatris pilosaName author: [Ker-Gawl.]
- Liatris pumilaName author: G.Lodd.
- Liatris resinosaName author: Nutt.
- Liatris sessilifloraName author: Benol.
- Liatris spicata f. spicataName author: Not supplied
- Liatris spicata var. spicataName author: Not supplied
- Liatris turbinataName author: Sweet
- Liatris vittataName author: (Greene) Schumann
- Liatris vittataName author: K.Schum.
- Serratula spicataName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Suprago spicataName author: (L.) Gaertn.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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