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 patens   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris patens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Liatris patens

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

Liatris patens

 

COMMON NAME:
Georgia Blazing-star, Georgia gayfeather


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris patens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

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

 

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4863

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

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

FRUIT:
Fall?
Achene

 

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