Flora of North America species comparison

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Liatris chapmanii

Chapman's blazing star, Chapman's gayfeather
Habit Plants 35–75(–150) cm.
Stems

hirtellous.
Leaves

basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, spatulate-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 40–150(–180) × 4–8(–11) mm, abruptly reduced (linear, 1–2 mm wide), then gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous or hirtellous (sometimes mostly along abaxial midveins), gland-dotted.
Peduncles

0.
Involucres

cylindric, 8–12 × 3.5–5 mm.
Florets

3–4;

corolla tubes glabrous inside.
Phyllaries

in 3(–4) series, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, usually glabrous, rarely minutely puberulent, margins with hyaline borders, apices acute to acuminate.
Heads

(appressed, overlapping) in dense, spiciform arrays.
Cypselae

(3–)4–6 mm;

pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
Corms

globose to elongate.
2n

= 20.

Liatris chapmanii
Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Dunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields, roadsides, longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine-turkey oak, turkey oak, evergreen oak-sand pine-scrub, scrub with Ceratiola and Pinus clausa
Elevation 0–50 m (0–200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 526.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris
Sibling taxa
L. acidota, L. aestivalis, L. aspera, L. bracteata, L. cokeri, L. compacta, L. cylindracea, L. cymosa, L. elegans, L. elegantula, L. garberi, L. gholsonii, L. glandulosa, L. gracilis, L. helleri, L. hirsuta, L. laevigata, L. lancifolia, L. ligulistylis, L. microcephala, L. ohlingerae, L. oligocephala, L. patens, L. pauciflora, L. pilosa, L. provincialis, L. punctata, L. pycnostachya, L. savannensis, L. scariosa, L. spicata, L. squarrosa, L. squarrulosa, L. tenuifolia, L. tenuis, L. virgata
Synonyms Lacinaria chapmanii
Name authority Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 2: 502. (1843)
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