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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rough Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris aspera var. intermedia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris aspera
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris aspera var. intermedia
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris spheroidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-011:
Liatris aspera FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria aspera var. aspera
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria aspera var. spheroidea
COMMON NAME:
Rough Blazing-star
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JK Marlow jkm0307j_10
July Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Inflorescence long & spikelike w many mostly sessile heads, 14-35 flowers ea, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_liatris_aspera_3
August
Heads usually sessile, less often subsessile on peduncles 1-8mm (rarely more), per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_liatris_aspera_3b
August
Phyllaries bullate, with broad conspicuous hyaline border, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_liatris_aspera
October
Phyllaries glabrous, the outer (at least) usually reflexing, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris aspera var. intermedia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris aspera
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris aspera var. intermedia
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris spheroidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-011:
Liatris aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria aspera var. aspera
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria aspera var. spheroidea
819
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, barrens, glades, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p188
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p144
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p272
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p412
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p108
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p096
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p312
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p362
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p188
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