Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Liatris secunda
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Sandhills Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pauciflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Liatris pauciflora var. secunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-008:
Liatris secunda
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria secunda
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Blazing-star, One-sided Blazing-star, Lax Blazing-star
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_liatris_secunda1
August Richmond County NC
Involucres cone-shaped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_secunda_2903
September Chesterfield SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Typically, numerous clusters of florets in a one-sided (secund) arrangement. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_secunda_2929
September Chesterfield SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Inner phyllaries w abruptly acuminate apices, often apiculate or mucronulate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_secunda_2964
September Chesterfield SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Liatris secunda
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pauciflora
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Liatris pauciflora var. secunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-008:
Liatris secunda
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria secunda
3048
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue/ Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p074
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p230
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p113