Liatris acidota

Engelmann & A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 218. 1845.

Common names: Gulf Coast or sharp gayfeather
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Lacinaria acidota (Engelmann & A. Gray) Kuntze Liatris acidota var. vernalis Engelmann & A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 525. Mentioned on page 513, 514.

Plants 20–90 (–130) cm. Corms usually globose to subglobose, sometimes ovoid to elongate. Stems glabrous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 3–5-nerved, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 100–400 × 1–3 (–5) mm, gradually reduced distally or abruptly on distal 1/2 of stems, essentially glabrous (bases of basal usually fibrous-persistent). Heads in dense, spiciform arrays. Peduncles 0. Involucres cylindro-turbinate, 6–7 (–10) × ca. 3 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, (often purple) oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices (erect or ± appressed) acuminate to acute. Florets (2–) 3–4 (–5); corolla-tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 4–4.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate to subplumose. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Coastal prairies, prairie remnants, wet pine flats, savannas, oak-pine, ditches, roadsides, railroads, sand, sandy and silty loams, clays
Elevation: 0–30 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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"barbellate" is not a number. "subplumose" is not a number."fine" is not a number.

... more about "Liatris acidota"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acuminate;acute +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Engelmann & A. Gray +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
5-nerved +, 3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
mostly linear;ovatelanceolate +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
linear-clavate +
Gulf Coast or sharp gayfeather +
white +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
La. +  and Tex. +
0–30 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Coastal prairies, prairie remnants, wet pine flats, savannas, oak-pine, ditches, roadsides, railroads, sand, sandy and silty loams, clays +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
cylindro-turbinate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
linear;linear-oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Oct(–Nov). +
18 +  and 40 +
Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
branched +  and simple +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Lacinaria acidota +  and Liatris acidota var. vernalis +
Liatris acidota +
species +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (130 cm1,300 mm <br />1.3 m <br />) +