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 scariosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris scariosa var. scariosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liatris scariosa var. scariosa

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

Liatris scariosa var. scariosa

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

Liatris scariosa var. scariosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-012:

Liatris scariosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Liatris scariosa

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

Laciniaria scariosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Blazing-star


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image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lasc5_001_lvd

        

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_062

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Stems puberulent to strigose, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_064

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Phyllaries erect, not reflexing; mid and inner phyllaries apically rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_067

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_070

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Heads usually on peduncles usually 8-50mm (rarely subsessile), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_071

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_071c

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Leaves 1-veined, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_073

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_077

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Liatris scariosa, Northern Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm150912_081

September    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Florets 19-33 per head, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris scariosa var. scariosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris scariosa var. scariosa

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-012:
Liatris scariosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Liatris scariosa

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2802

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Shale barrens, dry rock outcrops, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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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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