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 pilosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pilosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Liatris pilosa

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

Liatris pilosa

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

Liatris pilosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003:

Liatris graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Laciniaria graminifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Blazing-star, Shaggy Blazing-star


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lagr7_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm160816_541

August    Oconee County    SC

Phyllaries apically rounded, completely bordered by a narrow, hyaline rim, per Taxonomy of the Liatris pilosa (graminifolia) complex (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) (Nesom & Stucky, 2004).

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August    Oconee County    SC

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

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August    Oconee County    SC

Lower leaves usually prominently ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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September    York County    SC

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Liatris corms may be aged by their annual rings, like trees, per Book of Field and Roadside (Eastman, 2003).

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September    York County    SC

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Involucres 6-11mm long, 4-6mm in diameter; the bracts obtuse, usually green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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September    York County    SC

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The heads average about 10 flowers each and are almost sessile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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September    York County    SC

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Flowers all discoid, perfect, 5-lobed, the corolla tube pilose within, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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September    York County    SC

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[Pollinator at work.] Heads densely arranged, on internodes (1)2-5(7)mm, per Weakley's Flora.

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September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Stems to 1.5m tall. Lower leaves 5-20cm long, 2-10mm wide, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pilosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003:
Liatris graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria graminifolia

 

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821

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine barrens, other xeric forests and woodlands, fields, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene

 

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