OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris resinosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liatris spicata var. spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Liatris spicata var. resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Liatris spicata var. resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-001b:

Liatris spicata var. resinosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Laciniaria spicata

 

COMMON NAME:
Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star


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image of Liatris resinosa, Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star

Will Stuart    wil_7567788142_047d3ff4fe

July    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Liatris resinosa, Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star

Will Stuart    wil_7567817094_03b03f4a34

July    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Involucres usually purple, whereas those of var. spicata are usually green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Liatris resinosa, Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star

Will Stuart    wil_7567819032_b8931598d6

July    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Flower heads in a spiciform arrangement; 5-6(8) florets per head, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Liatris resinosa, Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star

Will Stuart    wil_7567820718_31a58daa3d

July    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Pollinator at work: 3 palamedes swallowtails nectaring. — Will Stuart

image of Liatris resinosa, Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_liatris_spicata_73308

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris resinosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris spicata var. spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris spicata var. resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris spicata var. resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-001b:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria spicata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2097

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, wet longleaf pine savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene

 

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