Flora of North America species comparison

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Liatris elegans var. elegans
Photo is of parent taxon

pinkscale blazing star
Corollas

creamy white.
Phyllaries

apices petaloid, lavender, magenta, or pink, elongate and strongly recurving, petaloid portions short relative to herbaceous bases.
Heads

crowded.
Corms

depressed-globose.

Liatris elegans var. elegans
Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Dry, sandy sites, sandy clays, dunes, pine-hardwoods, pine-live oak, longleaf pine, turkey oak
Elevation 0–200 m (0–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; OK; SC; TX
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 521.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris > Liatris elegans
Sibling taxa
L. elegans var. bridgesii, L. elegans var. carizzana, L. elegans var. kralii
Synonyms Lacinaria flabellata, L. elegans var. flabellata
Name authority unknown
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