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 gracilis   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris gracilis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Liatris gracilis

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

Liatris gracilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lacinaria gracilis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-004:

Liatris gracilis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Laciniaria gracilis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Laciniaria laxa

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Blazing-star


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris gracilis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lacinaria gracilis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-004:
Liatris gracilis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria gracilis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria laxa

 

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4700

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

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

FRUIT:
Fall
Blackish
Achene

 

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