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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Liatris pilosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pilosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris pilosa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003:
Liatris graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria graminifolia
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Eastman, 2003).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Liatris pilosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pilosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris pilosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003:
Liatris graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria graminifolia
821
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine barrens, other xeric forests and woodlands, fields, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p188
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p218
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p093
- 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) p309
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p412
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p83
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p383
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p107
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p187
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