Liatris tenuis
Liatris gholsonii
gulf blazing star, Shinners' gayfeather
bluffs gayfeather, Gholson's blazing star, Gholson's gayfeather
strigoso-puberulent.
finely puberulent.
basal and proximal cauline 1(–3)-nerved, linear-lanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 120–250 × 2–3(–5) mm, abruptly reduced on distal 1/2–2/3 of stems, sparsely pilose (abaxial faces), gland-dotted.
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.
0 or 1–5 mm.
(spreading-ascending) (2–)5–12(–26) mm (with bracts 2+ mm wide, grading from distal leaves).
cylindro-campanulate, 10–13 × 5–6(–7) mm.
cylindro-turbinate, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm.
10–12;
corolla tubes glabrous inside.
3–5(–6);
corolla tubes pilose inside.
in 3–4(–5) series, outermost narrowly triangular, unequal, sparsely fine-pilose to glabrate, margins without hyaline borders, ciliate, apices (loosely divergent) acute to acuminate (innermost sometimes obtuse and short-acuminate).
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 loose, spiciform arrays (internodes 1–15 mm).
in loose, racemiform arrays.
4.2–4.5 mm;
pappi: lengths equaling corollas, bristles barbellate or proximally plumose.
3.5–5 mm;
pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
globose to subglobose.
globose.
= 20.
Liatris tenuis
Liatris gholsonii
Liatris tenuis is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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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