subtribe
Liatrinae
Liatrinae
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Liatrinae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Rough Blazing Star
Liatris aspera
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
93
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Cylindrical Blazing Star
Liatris cylindracea
caterpillars
10
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
79
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Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
food
3
flowers
129
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Devil's Bite
Liatris scariosa
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
flowers
93
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Rocky Mountain Blazing Star
Liatris ligulistylis
caterpillars
9
hosts
1
flowers
81
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Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
food
1
flowers
127
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Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
flowers
117
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Scaly Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
flowers
87
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Hairy Gayfeather
Liatris hirsuta
caterpillars
8
hosts
1
flowers
68
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Pink-scale Blazing Star
Liatris hesperelegans
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
64
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Summer Gayfeather
Liatris aestivalis
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
59
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Sharp Blazing Star
Liatris acidota
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
58
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Bridges’ Gayfeather
Liatris bridgesii
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
51
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Glandular Blazing Star
Liatris glandulosa
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
50
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Carrizo Gayfeather
Liatris carrizana
caterpillars
7
hosts
1
flowers
48