Asteraceae FAMILY

Liatris chapmanii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Liatris chapmanii is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.75 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSoutheastern N. America - Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

HabitatDunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields, roadsides, longleaf pine savannas and pine-turkey oak, evergreen oak-sand pine-scrub, scrub with Ceratiola and Pinus clausa, sea level to 50 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].