Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-30-003?:
Liatris graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
GREATER THAN
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.
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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.