Liatris elegans var. elegans
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Lacinaria flabellata Small Liatris elegans var. flabellata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 521.
Corms depressed-globose. Heads crowded. Phyllaries: apices petaloid, lavender, magenta, or pink, elongate and strongly recurving, petaloid portions short relative to herbaceous bases. Corollas creamy white.
Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Dry, sandy sites, sandy clays, dunes, pine-hardwoods, pine-live oak, longleaf pine, turkey oak
Elevation: 0–200 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Okla., S.C., Tex.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"plumose" is not a number."fine" is not a number.
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introrse +
connate +
petaloid +
pink;magenta;pink;magenta;lavender +
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 +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
4;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
Dry, sandy sites, sandy clays, dunes, pine-hardwoods, pine-live oak, longleaf pine, turkey oak +
discoid +
crowded +
indeterminate +
homogamous +
Present +
surrounding +
turbinate-cylindric +
1-nerved +
alternate +
oblanceolate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
absent +
tough +
thick +
connate +
nerved +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
unequal +
equal +
petaloid +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
1803 +
absent +
epaleate +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
3;4 +
alternate +
erect +
2-branched +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Liatris elegans var. elegans +
Liatris elegans +
variety +
perennial +