...Variable
...Dry
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liatris pilosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pilosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003:
Liatris graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Blazing-star, Shaggy Blazing-star
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lagr7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160816_541
August Oconee County SC
Phyllaries apically rounded, completely bordered by a narrow, hyaline rim, per Taxonomy of the Liatris pilosa (graminifolia) complex (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) (Nesom & Stucky, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm160816_543b
August Oconee County SC
Lower leaves usually prominently ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_083
September York County SC
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Liatris corms may be aged by their annual rings, like trees, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_086
September York County SC
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Involucres 6-11mm long, 4-6mm in diameter; the bracts obtuse, usually green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_088
September York County SC
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The heads average about 10 flowers each and are almost sessile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_088b
September York County SC
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Flowers all discoid, perfect, 5-lobed, the corolla tube pilose within, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_090
September York County SC
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[Pollinator at work.] Heads densely arranged, on internodes (1)2-5(7)mm, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s060928_ab
September York County SC
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Stems to 1.5m tall. Lower leaves 5-20cm long, 2-10mm wide, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.