| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene trib. Vernonieae |
| Bibliography | Erythea 1: 3 (1893) |
| Native Range | se. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 10-100m |
| Description | basal leaves ovate to lanceolate, entire to dentate, glabrous, glandular-punctate, capitula 1-5 in lax corymb, involucre hemispherical, phyllaries spiny dentate |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | blue, bluish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cartesia centauroides Cass. Carthamus cyaneus Banks ex Steud. Carthamus laevis Hill Stokesia cyanea L´Hér. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, LOU Louisiana, MSI Mississippi, SCA South Carolina) |