Flora of North America species comparison

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Liatris pauciflora var. pauciflora
Photo is of parent taxon
Stems

usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hirtellous.
Leaves

(and phyllaries) not or weakly gland-dotted.
Involucres

11–15 × 4–7 mm.
Phyllaries

inner (9–)10–13 × 2.5–3.8 mm, apices acute (without mucros or apicula).
Cypselae

3–4.5 mm.
2n

= 20.

Liatris pauciflora var. pauciflora
Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine-turkey oak, scrub oak, sandy peat, sand, ridges, fields, moist swales
Elevation 0–20 m (0–100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 527.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris > Liatris pauciflora
Sibling taxa
L. pauciflora var. secunda
Name authority unknown
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