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|accepted_name=Liatris cylindracea
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2: 93. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Barrelhead gayfeather
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lacinaria cylindracea
|authority=(Michaux) Kuntze
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris intermedia
|authority=Lindley
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris squarrosa var. intermedia
|authority=(Lindley) de Candolle
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris cylindracea
|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 cylindracea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 514, 517, 519, 535
|treatment_page=page 518
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>20–60 cm. <b>Corms</b> usually globose, rarely elongate. <b>Stems</b> glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 3(–5)-nerved, linear-oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 80–250 × 2–6 mm (largest usually distal to proximalmost), gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous (proximal margins pilose-ciliate). <b>Heads</b> borne singly or (2–28) in loose to dense, racemiform to spiciform arrays. <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or (spreading-ascending) 2–10(–20) mm. <b>Involucres</b> cylindro-campanulate, (11–)13–18 × 6–8 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 5–7 series, ovate-triangular (outer) to broadly oblong or spatulate-oblong, strongly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins usually with narrow hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices broadly rounded, rounded-acuminate, or truncate (inner stiffly mucronate). <b>Florets</b> 10–35; corolla tubes glabrous inside (lobes adaxially hispid). <b>Cypselae</b> 5–7 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Prairies, limestone outcrops, bluffs, barrens, and glades, marl, sandstone outcrops, dunes, roadsides, sandy pine-oak, wooded northern slopes
|elevation=100–400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Tenn.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Stems and leaves of <i>Liatris cylindracea</i> sometimes are hairy (Kentucky, Missouri), perhaps reflecting genetic influence from <i>L. hirsuta</i>. See also discussion under 1. <i>L. compacta</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liatris cylindracea
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lacinaria cylindracea;Liatris intermedia;Liatris squarrosa var. intermedia
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Prairies, limestone outcrops, bluffs, barrens, and glades, marl, sandstone outcrops, dunes, roadsides, sandy pine-oak, wooded northern slopes
|elevation=100–400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Tenn.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_1309.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris cylindracea
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