ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK
 
 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Liatris aspera
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Liatris aspera
 AUTHORITY:  Michx.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    ROUGH BLAZING STAR
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: LIAS
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
       SAND FOREST
         DRY
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY-MESIC
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     SAVANNA
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   BUREAU          CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY            COLES           COOK
   CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS
   DUPAGE          EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FORD            FULTON
   GREENE          GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HENDERSON       HENRY
   IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JERSEY
   JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE
   LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL
   MASON           MENARD          MERCER          MONROE          MONTGOMERY
   MORGAN          MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PUTNAM          RANDOLPH
   RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SCHUYLER
   SCOTT           SHELBY          STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        UNION
   WABASH          WASHINGTON      WHITESIDE       WILL            WILLIAMSON
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (corms)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Oblanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike  Head
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Violet   White   Others
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      9         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Bald knobs, meadows, rocky or open woods, along railroads, prairie remnants,
     sandy black-oak woods.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           Good
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    Good
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS Good               GENTLE SLOPES  No data entered
          MODERATE SLOPE No data entered    STEEP SLOPES   No data entered
     HABITAT:   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Maybe
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Liatris aspera
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015