Liatris elegans var. bridgesii
Sida 20: 598, fig. 1. 2001.
Corms depressed-globose. Heads crowded. Phyllaries: apices petaloid, usually creamy white, sometimes initially lemon yellow fading to creamy white, rarely pale lavender, elongate and strongly recurving, petaloid portions short relative to herbaceous bases. Corollas creamy white.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Post oak savannas, open, sandy woodlands, oak and pine woodland, roadsides, fields
Elevation: 100–200 m
Discussion
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introrse +
connate +
petaloid +
pale lavender;fading;creamy white +
prolonged +
recurving +
elongate +
scarious +
absent +
hirsute +
papillate +
spiciform +
dense +
continuous +
herbaceous +
glabrous +
decurrent +
mostly linear;ovatelanceolate +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
hyaline +
linear-clavate +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
12;40 +
coarse +
absent +
glabrous +
not 2-lipped +
creamy white +
equaling +
monomorphic +
8-11-ribbed +
prismatic +
3.5mm;5mm +
Tex. +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
4;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
discoid +
crowded +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
surrounding +
turbinate-cylindric +
1-nerved +
alternate +
oblanceolate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
absent +
tough +
thick +
connate +
nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
equal +
petaloid +
Sida +
2001 +
absent +
epaleate +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
3;4 +
alternate +
erect +
2-branched +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Liatris elegans var. bridgesii +
Liatris elegans +
variety +
perennial +