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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Liatris cokeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sandhills Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris cokeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris cokeri
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris regimontis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-007:
Liatris regimontis FAMILY Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Blazing-star
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Will Stuart wil_l_cokeri_433_zoom
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves densely punctate on both surfaces; margins have fine hairs near base, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_cokeri_416
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Each head composed of 4-9 disc flowers, each with 5 short spreading lobes, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_cokeri_426
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Bracts of the heads form a cone-shaped involucre, tips dense with resin dots, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_cokeri_433
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaves numerous, linear, 5-18cm long and 2-5mm wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_liatris_cokeri_443
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Liatris cokeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris cokeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris cokeri
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris regimontis
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-007:
Liatris regimontis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3134
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue, pink
Rays: Absent
5-lobed corolla
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a spike or raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p075
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p273
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p308-309
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p382
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p187
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p113
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