Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liatris elegans var. elegans
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris elegans var. elegans
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Liatris elegans var. flabellata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-013:
Liatris elegans
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Common Elegant Blazing-star
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JK Marlow jkm081009_097
October Dorchester County SC
Phyllaries pink to white, acute to acuminate and broadest above the middle, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm081009_113
October Dorchester County SC
Flowers whitish (1-3 per head), within showy, twisting, involucral bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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October Dorchester County SC
Lowest stem leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 3-14cm long, 2-7mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.