| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Liatris punctata Hook. trib. Eupatorieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 306 (1833) |
| Native Range | wc. & c. Canada to ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 10-1900m |
| Description | leaves numerous, linear, 2-4mm wide, rather rigid, conspicuously punctate, ciliate, capitula sessile in spike, involucre punctate |
| Size | 20-60cm |
| Color | pink, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Lacinaria arenicola Bush Lacinaria densispicata Bush Lacinaria punctata (Hook.) Kuntze Lacinaria punctata f. albiflora E.Sheld. Lacinaria punctata f. corymbosa E.Sheld. Lacinaria punctata var. turgida Lunell Liatris cylindrica Torr. Liatris densispicata (Bush) Gaiser Liatris punctata f. alba W.H.Horr & McGregor Liatris punctata f. albiflora (E.Sheld.) B.Boivin Liatris punctata f. coloradoensis Gaiser Liatris punctata var. coloradoensis (Gaiser) Waterf. Liatris punctata var. nebraskana Gaiser Liatris punctata var. typica Gaiser |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MIC Michigan, OHI Ohio) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ARK Arkansas, LOU Louisiana) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |