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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Asteraceae	Liatris acidota	Gulf Coast Blazing-star, Sharp Blazing-star	Coastal prairies, pine savannas	W. LA and e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris aestivalis	Texas Blazing-star, Summer Gayfeather	Shallow soils over limestone.	OK south to c. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris aspera	Rough Blazing-star	Prairies, barrens, glades.	ON and ND south to Panhandle FL and TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris bracteata	South Texas Gayfeather	Coastal prairies.	Endemic to se. TX, near the coast.
Asteraceae	Liatris bridgesii	Bridges's Elegant Blazing-star, Cream-yellow Blazing-star	Sandy post oak savannas, longleaf pine sandhills.	E. TX, from c. Bastrop County and Travis County northeastwards.
Asteraceae	Liatris carizzana	Carizzo Blazing-star, Carizzo Elegant Blazing-star	Xeric sands of post oak savannas, live oak woodlands, coastal dunes, sandy openings.	Se. and s. TX, mainly associated with the Carizzo Formation, from s. Bastrop County, Fayette County, and Calhoun County southwestwards.
Asteraceae	Liatris chapmanii	Chapman's Blazing-star	Xeric sands of Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, and pine rocklands.	Sw. GA, s. AL (Barger, Spaulding, & Holt 2013), south to s. FL.
Asteraceae	Liatris cokeri	Sandhill Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills.	Sc. and se. NC south to nc. SC.
Asteraceae	Liatris compacta	Ouachita Blazing-star	Glades and barrens.	Endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of sc. AR and e. OK.
Asteraceae	Liatris cylindracea	Barrelhead Blazing-star	Limestone glades, dry prairies.	NY, ON, and MN south to se. TN (Ridge and Valley) (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), nw. GA, and c. AL (Bibb County), and OK.
Asteraceae	Liatris cymosa	Branched Gayfeather, Aggie-land Gayfeather	Post oak woodlands, roadsides, oak savanna / blackland prairie ecotones, in clay or loamy soils.	Endemic to e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris elegans var. elegans	Common Elegant Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills, flatwoods, cutover pine sites, open oak-pine woodlands, sandy fields, roadsides, ditches, other open disturbed habitats.	SC south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX and OK.
Asteraceae	Liatris elegans var. kralii	Kral's Elegant Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills.	Se. SC (Allendale Co.) south to n. FL and west to s. MS.
Asteraceae	Liatris elegantula		Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands.	GA south to n. peninsular FL, west to MS.
Asteraceae	Liatris garberi	Garber’s Blazing-star	Pine flatwoods.	C. peninsular FL south to s. FL; Bahamas.
Asteraceae	Liatris gholsonii	Gholson’s Blazing-star	Mesic sandy sites, steepheads, bluff forests.	Narrowly endemic in the FL Panhandle, both east and west of the Apalachicola River.
Asteraceae	Liatris glandulosa	Sticky Gayfeather, Sticky Blazing-star	Limestone outcrops.	Western edge of e. TX prairie region.
Asteraceae	Liatris gracilis	Slender Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands.	SC south to s. FL, west to MS.
Asteraceae	Liatris helleri	Heller's Blazing-star	High elevation rock outcrops, sometimes on ledges of precipitous cliffs, rocky openings in heath balds.	Nw. NC, especially Grandfather Mountain and its southeastern slopes.
Asteraceae	Liatris hesperelegans	Western Elegant Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry savannas and woodlands.	W. AR, s. AR, and se. OK south to w. LA and e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris hirsuta	Rydberg's Blazing-star	Glades and prairies.	W. IA and e. NE south to MS, LA, and e. TX; disjunct eastward in nw. GA, se. TN (D. Estes, T. Govus, T. Patrick, M. Medley, R. Ware, pers. comm., 2018), and ne. AL.
Asteraceae	Liatris laevigata	Smooth Blazing-star	Florida scrub, scrubby pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands.	Se. GA (Charlton and Camden counties) (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) south to s. FL.
Asteraceae	Liatris ligulistylis	Northern Plains Blazing-star	Wet prairies.	WI west to SK, south to c. IL, MO and AR (?), NE, and n. UT.
Asteraceae	Liatris microcephala	Small-head Blazing-star	Outcrops of acidic rocks (sandstone, granite, gneiss), barrens, prairies.	W. NC and KY south to w. SC, n. and c. GA, and n. AL.
Asteraceae	Liatris mucronata	Narrowleaf Gayfeather	Calcareous glades, other dry open uplands.	MO and KS south through AR and OK to sw. LA and e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris novae-angliae var. nieuwlandii	Nieuwland's Blazing-star	Prairies, glades, and woodlands.	CT, NY, MI, and WI south to PA, WV, IN, IL, and AR.
Asteraceae	Liatris novae-angliae var. novae-angliae	New England Blazing-star	Sandy or rocky fields or woodlands	PA and NJ north to s. ME and NY.
Asteraceae	Liatris ohlingerae	Scrub Blazing-star, Sand-torch	Florida scrub. Usually white sands, occasionally yellow or gray sands.	Endemic to c. FL peninsula.
Asteraceae	Liatris oligocephala	Cahaba Blazing-star, Cahaba Torch	Dolomitic Ketona glades.	Endemic to Bibb County, c. AL (Allison & Stevens 2001).
Asteraceae	Liatris patens	Georgia Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods.	SC south to e. Panhandle FL.
Asteraceae	Liatris pauciflora	Few-flower Blazing-star	Xeric sands of Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills.	GA (Tatnall Co.) south to c. peninsular FL; alleged by Small (1933) to extend to SC.
Asteraceae	Liatris pilosa		Longleaf pine sandhills, pine barrens, other xeric forests and woodlands, fields, roadbanks.	NJ, DE, and PA south to SC.
Asteraceae	Liatris provincialis		Longleaf pine sandhills, scrub, dunes.	Endemic to FL Panhandle (Franklin and Wakulla counties)
Asteraceae	Liatris punctata	Dotted Blazing-star	Calcareous prairies and woodlands.	WI, MB, SK, and AB south to w. LA, se. TX, s. TX, NM, and n. Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, SLP, TAM).
Asteraceae	Liatris pycnostachya var. lasiophylla	Hairy Prairie Blazingstar	Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry loamy pinelands and oak woodlands.	S. MS and se. LA west through w. LA to ne., e., and se. TX. Locally common in the southern Loess Plains on roadsides and loamy longleaf pine woodlands.
Asteraceae	Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya	Prairie Blazingstar	Sandy prairies, other damp to dry, open habitats.	N. IN, WI, MN, and ND south to MS, LA, and se. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris quadriflora	Four-flowered Blazing-star	Pine savannas and flatwoods.	N. FL south to s. peninsular FL.
Asteraceae	Liatris resinosa		Bogs, wet longleaf pine savannas, seepages.	NJ south to s. FL, west to LA.
Asteraceae	Liatris savannensis	Savanna Gayfeather	Pine flatwoods.	Sw. FL peninsula.
Asteraceae	Liatris scariosa	Northern Blazing-star	Shale barrens, dry rock outcrops, roadbanks.	PA, MD, and WV south to NC and TN.
Asteraceae	Liatris secunda	Sandhill Blazing-star	Longleaf pine sandhills.	S. NC south to w. Panhandle FL and s. AL.
Asteraceae	Liatris spicata	Florist's Gayfeather	Prairies (calcareous), roadsides, seepages, bogs, grassy balds.	MA, ON, and MI, south to GA, AL, MS, and AR.
Asteraceae	Liatris squarrosa var. glabrata		Sandy soils.	MN and SD south through IA, NE, MO, KS to w. AR, OK, and ne. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa		Dry woodlands, glades, barrens, dry prairies, wet prairies.	MD, OH, s. MI, s. IN, s. IL, MO south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris squarrulosa		Diabase barrens, other glades and barrens, prairies, longleaf pine sandhills, open woodlands.	Nc. NC, s. WV, OH, IN, IL, MO, and OK south to sw. GA, Panhandle FL, AL, MS, LA, and e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris tenuifolia		Longleaf pine sandhills.	SC south to s. FL, west to AL.
Asteraceae	Liatris tenuis	Gulf Blazing-star, Shinners's Blazing-star	Longleaf pine savannas.	Nw. LA and e. TX.
Asteraceae	Liatris turgida	Shale Blazing-star	Shale barrens, other low elevation outcrops.	E. WV and w. VA south to w. NC and nw. GA.
Asteraceae	Liatris virgata	Carolina Blazing-star, Wand Blazing-star	Open woods, roadbanks.	VA and WV south to GA. Reported as a state record for ne. TN (Johnson County) (McCullogh 2022).

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