Pink-scale Gayfeather

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Pink-scale Gayfeather

Liatris elegans var. elegans var. var. elegans

Asteraceae Pink Purple White

This gayfeather looks rather unlike most of the other gayfeather species of Texas. It has three varieties which differ in habitat and the color of the flowering parts (from bluish to yellowish to pinkish, like this one); this variety is the most common gayfeather in the Big Thicket.

Seasonality

Flowering months

August September October

Texas distribution

Region map

The highlighted regions reflect the historical distribution data preserved in the original collection.

East Texas North-Central Texas

Herbarium sheets

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