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Liatris spicata var. resinosa
Photo is of parent taxon

dense blazing star
Leaves

basal and proximal cauline (2–)4–8 mm wide (cauline usually abruptly reduced in size near midstem, continuing distally as linear, bractlike leaves).
Involucres

7–9 mm.
Florets

5–6(–8).
Phyllaries

purplish to greenish.
Heads

in dense (to loose), spiciform arrays.
2n

= 20.

Liatris spicata var. resinosa
Phenology Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat Seeps, bogs, bog edges, wet pine and pine-palmetto flatwoods, wet ditches, canal banks, peaty sands, sandy clays
Elevation 0–30 m (0–100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; DE; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; SC; VA
Discussion

Variety resinosa is particularly variable (especially in Florida) in number of heads (often relatively few and widely separated) and in reduction of cauline leaves.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 524.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Liatris > Liatris spicata
Sibling taxa
L. spicata var. spicata
Synonyms L. resinosa
Name authority (Nuttall) Gaiser: Rhodora 48: 216. (1946)
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