Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Liatris microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Narrowleaf Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Liatris microcephala
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-002:
Liatris microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria microcephala
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Blazing-star, Smallhead Blazing-star
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JK Marlow jkm110416_636
April Etowah County AL
Lower leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 5-15cm long, 1-5mm wide, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_microcephala_4
August
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Will Stuart wil_9627062683_5281df8d29
August Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Flowers 4-5(6) per head, most corollas 6-8mm including the 1.5-2mm lobes, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Will Stuart wil_9630305596_efa8c5422b
August Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Leaves numerous, linear, gradually reduced upward, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_microcephala_1
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_microcephala_1b
September
Phyllaries in 3-4 series, oblong to oblong-obovate, strongly unequal, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_microcephela_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_microcephela_2b
September
Phyllaries essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, apices rounded, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Liatris microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Liatris microcephala
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-002:
Liatris microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria microcephala
823
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Habitat: Outcrops of acidic rocks (sandstone, granite, gneiss), barrens, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p144
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p83
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p313
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p363
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p187