Liatris microcephala |
Liatris patens |
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narrow-leaf blazing-star, smallhead blazing star, smallhead gayfeather |
Georgia gayfeather, spreading blazing star, spreading gayfeather |
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Habit | Plants 30–80 cm. | Plants 35–95 cm. |
Stems | glabrous. |
moderately to densely strigoso-hirtellous. |
Leaves | basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to linear-lanceolate, 80–200 × 1–3(–4, –6) mm, gradually reduced or abruptly reduced on distal 1/2 of stems, essentially glabrous. |
basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 90–180 × 2–4(–7) mm, gradually or abruptly reduced distally, essentially glabrous (proximal margins sparsely ciliate). |
Peduncles | 0 or (ascending) 1–12 mm. |
(divergent-ascending, initially diverging at angles of 45–90°) 10–25(–30) mm. |
Involucres | turbinate-cylindric, 5–7(–9) × 3–4 mm. |
turbinate-campanulate, (5–)6–7.5 × 5–7 mm. |
Florets | 4–5(–6); corolla tubes glabrous inside. |
7–12; corolla tubes pilose inside. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 series, oblong to oblong-obovate, strongly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, apices rounded. |
in (2–)3–4(–5) series, broadly obovate (outer) to broadly oblong-obovate, strongly unequal, sparsely strigoso-villous (outer) or essentially glabrous, margins with (pinkish purple) hyaline borders, sometimes slightly erose, usually densely ciliate, apices rounded to subtruncate. |
Heads | in loose to dense, spiciform arrays (internodes to 8 mm). |
in loose, (columnar) racemiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 3–3.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± 1/2 corollas, bristles barbellate. |
2.5–2.8 mm; pappi: lengths equaling or surpassing corollas, bristles barbellate. |
Corms | globose (fibrous roots often densely covering whole structure). |
globose to depressed-globose. |
2n | = 20, 60. |
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Liatris microcephala |
Liatris patens |
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Phenology | Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct. | Flowering Sep–Nov. |
Habitat | Outcrops of granite and sandstone, rocky slopes, sandy stream banks, openings in pine-oak, oak barrens | Sandy pinelands, usually with longleaf pine or slash pine, pine-palmetto flats |
Elevation | 200–600 m (700–2000 ft) | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; KY; NC; SC; TN
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FL; GA; SC |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 530. | FNA vol. 21, p. 531. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lacinaria microcephala, Lacinaria polyphylla | |
Name authority | (Small) K. Schumann: Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 378. (1900) | G. L. Nesom & Kral: Sida 20: 1579, fig. 2. (2003) |
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