Liatris gholsonii
Liatris savannensis
bluffs gayfeather, Gholson's blazing star, Gholson's gayfeather
savanna blazing star, savanna gayfeather
finely puberulent.
glabrous (often sparsely sessile-glandular).
basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, spatulate (petioles slender, blades elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic), (100–)150–250 × (8–)11–22(–27) mm, gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous, gland-dotted.
basal (often withering before flowering), 1- or 3–5-nerved, linear-elliptic, linear-spatulate, or linear-oblanceolate, (170–)200–400 × 3–10 mm, gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous, gland-dotted (proximal margins pilose-ciliate).
(spreading-ascending) (2–)5–12(–26) mm (with bracts 2+ mm wide, grading from distal leaves).
0 or (spreading-ascending) 1–2 mm.
cylindro-turbinate, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm.
turbinate-campanulate, (7–)8–10 × (8–)9–11(–12) mm.
3–5(–6);
corolla tubes pilose inside.
9–17;
corolla tubes pilose inside.
in 3(–4) series, ovate to oblong, strongly to weakly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices (at least outer) acuminate to acute.
in (3–)4(–5) series, ovate to oblong, obovate, or spatulate, weakly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with (pinkish purple) hyaline borders, erose to lacerate, ciliolate, apices broadly rounded.
in loose, racemiform arrays.
in dense, spiciform arrays.
3.5–5 mm;
pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
ca. 4 mm;
pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
globose.
globose, irregularly cylindric, narrowly ovoid, or fusiform and caudexlike.
= 20.
Liatris gholsonii
Liatris savannensis
Of conservation concern.
Liatris gholsonii is closely similar to L. gracilis; it apparently is restricted to an area along the Apalachicola River in Liberty and Leon counties.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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