Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wand Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003?:
Liatris graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Liatris graminifolia var. virgata
COMMON NAME:
Wand Blazing-star
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lasm_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virgata_gra_12
September
Heads loosely arranged, florets 7-10 (-12), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virg_gram_2_2
October
Stems glabrous. Heads on internodes 6-15 (-20) mm long, not secund, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003?:
Liatris graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Liatris graminifolia var. virgata
3724
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Mountains), endemic
Look for it in open woods, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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