Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris patens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris patens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris patens
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Blazing-star, Georgia gayfeather
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris patens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris patens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris patens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris patens
4863
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue, lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall?
Achene
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