In Ky. this largely northeastern and montane species appears to be rare, with almost no recent verified records. It is closely related to the more widespread species, canadensis, and it can also be confused with acuminatus (FNA 22, W). It has been recently collected from GRAY in a good remnant of damp grassland with much Liatris spicata (R. Seymour, pers. comm.), and there is a 1986 coll. by H. Bryan from a ditch (?"Langulo" Russell) in GRNP (AP).There is also a verified 1930s coll. of B from MONR (US). The colls. from BELL (TENN) and MCRE (KY) are somewhat immature, and deserve further examination. Records from CALL (presumably at MUR) were probably based on canadensis (M).