Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris pycnostachya +
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pycnostachya
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris pycnostachya +
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris pycnostachya
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria pycnostachya
COMMON NAME:
Prairie Blazing-star
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris pycnostachya +
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris pycnostachya
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris pycnostachya +
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris pycnostachya
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria pycnostachya
824
Forb
Perennial
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
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