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|accepted_name=Liatris hirsuta
|accepted_authority=Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=1: 98. 1931
|year=1931
}}
|common_names=Hairy gayfeather
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris squarrosa var. hirsuta
|authority=(Rydberg) Gaiser
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris hirsuta
|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 hirsuta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 514, 517, 519
|treatment_page=page 518
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>20–70 cm. <b>Corms</b> globose to slightly elongate. <b>Stems</b> hirsute to piloso-hirsute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 3–5-nerved, linear-lanceolate, 60–180 × 2–7 mm (largest usually distal to proximalmost), gradually reduced distally, hirsute to piloso-hirsute. <b>Heads</b> in loose, racemiform to spiciform arrays. <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or (peduncles spreading to ascending) 1–10 mm. <b>Involucres</b> cylindro-campanulate, 11–17 × 6–9 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> (spreading to reflexed) in 5–7 series, ovate-triangular (outer) to oblong-triangular, unequal, usually sparsely hirsute, margins without hyaline borders, coarsely hirsute-ciliate, apices acute-acuminate. <b>Florets</b> 15–30; corolla tubes glabrous inside (lobes adaxially hispid). <b>Cypselae</b> 5.5–6.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Prairies, rocky slopes, flats, marl ridges, pine-oak woods, streamsides, roadsides
|elevation=50–500(–900) m
|distribution=Ark.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;Okla.;Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Liatris hirsuta</i> occupies a geographic range separate from and nearly contiguous with <i>L. squarrosa</i>. They have been treated as a single species. <i>Liatris hirsuta</i> is sympatric (without intergrades) with <i>L. squarrosa </i>var.<i> squarrosa</i> in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi; it is sympatric with <i>L. compacta</i> in Arkansas; it intergrades with <i>L. cylindracea</i> in Missouri. See also discussion under 1. <i>L. compacta</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liatris hirsuta
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Liatris squarrosa var. hirsuta
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Aug(–Sep).
|habitat=Prairies, rocky slopes, flats, marl ridges, pine-oak woods, streamsides, roadsides
|elevation=50–500(–900) m
|distribution=Ark.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;Okla.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1931
|special status=Endemic
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris hirsuta
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