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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Liatris pilosa
|accepted_authority=(Aiton) Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=3: 1636. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Grass-leaf gayfeather
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Serratula pilosa
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
|publication_title=Hort. Kew.
|publication_place=3: 138. 1789
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lacinaria graminifolia var. pilosa
|authority=(Aiton) Britton
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris graminifolia
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris graminifolia var. dubia
|authority=(W. P. C. Barton) A. Gray
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris graminifolia var. lasia
|authority=Fernald & Griscom
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris pilosa var. laevicaulis
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris pilosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Liatris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Liatris pilosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 516
|treatment_page=page 529
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>40–120 cm. <b>Corms</b> globose. <b>Stems</b> glabrous or sparsely to moderately pilose distally or throughout. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate, 60–170(–200) × 2–7(–11) mm, abruptly to gradually reduced distally (becoming linear, spreading-ascending), essentially glabrous or sparsely pilose (abaxially), gland-dotted (proximal margins piloso-ciliate). <b>Heads</b> in loose to dense, racemiform to spiciform arrays (internodes 1–7 mm). <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or (ascending) 1–10(–80) mm. <b>Involucres</b> turbinate to campanulate-cylindric, (7–)8–10 × 5–6 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in (3–)4–5(–6) series, oblong, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders (0.2–0.4 mm wide), erose to lacerate, ciliolate, apices usually rounded, rarely acute. <b>Florets</b> (6–)7–12(–13, mostly 9–12 in Del. and N.J.); corolla tubes pilose inside. <b>Cypselae</b> (2.5–)3–4 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Aug–)Sep–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Old fields, pine barrens, scrub oak-pine sandhills, openings in pine, oak, and oak-hickory woods, tidal marsh edges, sandy fields, dune hollows, wet sand near beaches, edges of tidal marshes, sand to sandy clay-loam
|elevation=(0–)10–500 m
|distribution=Del.;Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Va.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liatris pilosa
|authority=(Aiton) Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lacinaria graminifolia var. pilosa;Liatris graminifolia;Liatris graminifolia var. dubia;Liatris graminifolia var. lasia;Liatris pilosa var. laevicaulis
|basionyms=Serratula pilosa
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Aug–)Sep–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Old fields, pine barrens, scrub oak-pine sandhills, openings in pine, oak, and oak-hickory woods, tidal marsh edges, sandy fields, dune hollows, wet sand near beaches, edges of tidal marshes, sand to sandy clay-loam
|elevation=(0–)10–500 m
|distribution=Del.;Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_1344.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris pilosa
}}<!--

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