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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Liatris pycnostachya
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Liatris pycnostachya
 AUTHORITY:  Michx.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BUTTON SNAKEROOT
    KANSAS GAYFEATHER
    PRAIRIE BLAZING STAR
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: LIPY
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
       BLUFF
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   CALHOUN         CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK
   CLAY            COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND
   DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EFFINGHAM
   FAYETTE         FORD            FRANKLIN        GRUNDY          HAMILTON
   HANCOCK         HENRY           IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JASPER
   JEFFERSON       KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX
   LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE             LIVINGSTON
   LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON
   MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MASON           MENARD
   MONROE          MONTGOMERY      MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA
   PERRY           PIATT           PIKE            PULASKI         RICHLAND
   ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SHELBY          STARK
   VERMILION       WABASH          WARREN          WASHINGTON      WAYNE
   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:     Linear   Lanceolate
    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-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Meadows, rocky open ground, along railroads.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Moist   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes
 
     WILD HERBS:   Medicinal
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Roots used as snake bite remedies; hot decotions may cause profuse sweating.
 
 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.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
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.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Pammel, L.H. 1911.  A Manual of Poisonous Plants.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Liatris pycnostachya
 
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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