Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Liatris scariosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Northern Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris scariosa var. scariosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-012:
Liatris scariosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria scariosa
COMMON NAME:
Northern Blazing-star
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lasc5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150912_062
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Stems puberulent to strigose, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_064
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Phyllaries erect, not reflexing; mid and inner phyllaries apically rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_067
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm150912_070
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Heads usually on peduncles usually 8-50mm (rarely subsessile), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_071
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm150912_071c
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Leaves 1-veined, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_073
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm150912_077
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm150912_081
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Florets 19-33 per head, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Liatris scariosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris scariosa var. scariosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-012:
Liatris scariosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria scariosa
2802
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in shale barrens, dry rock outcrops, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p188
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p144
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p314
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p365
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p188