Liatris chapmanii
Liatris cymosa
Chapman's blazing star, Chapman's gayfeather
Aggie-land gayfeather, branch blazing star, branch gayfeather
hirtellous.
strigoso-puberulent.
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.
basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 80–120 × 2–5 mm, gradually reduced distally or abruptly reduced on distal 1/2 of stems, essentially glabrous (margins proximally piloso-ciliate).
0.
20–70 mm (bracteate).
cylindric, 8–12 × 3.5–5 mm.
cylindro-campanulate, 14–17 × 8–11 mm.
3–4;
corolla tubes glabrous inside.
20–25;
corolla tubes glabrous inside.
in 3(–4) series, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, usually glabrous, rarely minutely puberulent, margins with hyaline borders, apices acute to acuminate.
in 5–7 series, broadly oblong-obovate (outer) to broadly oblong, strongly unequal, sparsely short-pilose, margins without hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices rounded, sometimes mucronate.
(appressed, overlapping) in dense, spiciform arrays.
(2–20+) in open, cymiform arrays.
(3–)4–6 mm;
pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
6–7 mm;
pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.
globose to elongate.
globose to elongate-globose.
= 20.
Liatris chapmanii
Liatris cymosa
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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