Liatris elegans var. bridgesii

Mayfield

Sida 20: 598, fig. 1. 2001.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 522. Mentioned on page 521.

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

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"plumose" is not a number."fine" is not a number.

not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
pale lavender;fading;creamy white +
prolonged +
elongate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Mayfield +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
Staehelina elegans +
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 +
creamy white +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
100–200 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Post oak savannas, open, sandy woodlands, oak and pine woodland, roadsides, fields +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
turbinate-cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
cauline +  and proximal +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct(–Nov). +
strigose +  and strigoso-hispid +
18 +  and 40 +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
branched +  and simple +
puberulent +  and hirsute-puberulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Liatris elegans var. bridgesii +
Liatris elegans +
variety +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +