FNPS Plant Database
Liatris chapmanii
Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- 1Stays wet
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11
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Ecology
Wildlife:
Attracts butterflies and bees.
Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae have been observed visiting the flowers at the Archbold Biological Station.
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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General Comments:
Citations:
Coastal Plains Wiki. Accessed 2022. http://coastalplainplants.org/wiki/index.php/Liatris_chapmani i.
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Flora of North America. Accessed 2022. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067093.
Hammer, Roger. 2015. Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida. University Presses of Florida.
Huegel, Craig. Accessed 2022. Hawthorn Hill Wildflowers Blog. http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2009/12/chapmans-blazing-star-liatris-chapmanii.html
Tras, Pamela. 2001. Gardening for Florida's butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
