Flora of North America species comparison

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Liatris patens

Georgia gayfeather, spreading blazing star, spreading gayfeather
Habit Plants 35–95 cm.
Stems

moderately to densely strigoso-hirtellous.
Leaves

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

(divergent-ascending, initially diverging at angles of 45–90°) 10–25(–30) mm.
Involucres

turbinate-campanulate, (5–)6–7.5 × 5–7 mm.
Florets

7–12;

corolla tubes pilose inside.
Phyllaries

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, (columnar) racemiform arrays.
Cypselae

2.5–2.8 mm;

pappi: lengths equaling or surpassing corollas, bristles barbellate.
Corms

globose to depressed-globose.

Liatris patens
Phenology Flowering Sep–Nov.
Habitat Sandy pinelands, usually with longleaf pine or slash pine, pine-palmetto flats
Elevation 0–50 m (0–200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; SC
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 531.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris
Sibling taxa
L. acidota, L. aestivalis, L. aspera, L. bracteata, L. chapmanii, 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. 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
Name authority G. L. Nesom & Kral: Sida 20: 1579, fig. 2. (2003)
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