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 helleri   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris helleri   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liatris helleri

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

Liatris helleri

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

Liatris helleri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-006:

Liatris helleri   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Laciniaria helleri

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star


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image of Liatris helleri, Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star

Will Stuart    wil_5980190656_af1483f09d

        

A rare species limited to small scattered populations in mtns of NC, VA & WV, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Liatris helleri, Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star

Will Stuart    wil5980190656_af1483f09db

July    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

Heads of 7-10 disk flowers subtended by several series of overlapping bracts, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Liatris helleri, Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_liatris_helleri_10488

August    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

image of Liatris helleri, Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_liatris_helleri_10493

August    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

Upright stems to 16" tall, stem leaves gradually reduced in size, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris helleri   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris helleri

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris helleri

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-006:
Liatris helleri   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

822

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: High elevation rock outcrops, sometimes on ledges of precipitous cliffs, rocky openings in heath balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal rosette

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene

 

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