| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Liatris cylindracea Michx. trib. Eupatorieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 93 (1803) |
| Native Range | Ontario to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 100-400m |
| Description | stem glabrous, leaves oblong, narrow, phyllaries rigid, flat, appresed to capitula, acute, capitula with 20-50 florets, pedicellate |
| Size | 20-60cm |
| Color | pinkish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuberous 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 cylindracea (Michx.) Kuntze Lacinaria cylindracea f. solitaria (MacMill.) MacMill. Lacinaria cylindracea var. solitaria (Mac.Mill.) Farw. Lacinaria nervata Greene Lacinaria squarrosa var. intermedia (Lindl.) MacMill. Liatris cylindracea f. bartelii Steyerm. Liatris cylindracea var. solitaria MacMill. Liatris flexuosa Thomas Liatris intermedia Lindl. Liatris marginata Cass. Liatris monocephala Cass. Liatris nervata (Greene) Schuman Liatris squarrosa var. intermedia (Lindl.) DC. Liatris stricta Macnab |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, OKL Oklahoma, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, MIC Michigan, NWY New York, OHI Ohio) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, TEN Tennessee) |