Liatris elegans var. kralii

Mayfield

Sida 20: 601, fig. 4. 2001.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 522. Mentioned on page 521.
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Corms depressed-globose. Heads well-spaced. Phyllaries: apices petaloid, initially light yellow or cream, fading to cream, sometimes pale lavender to rose, slightly flaring-divergent or nearly straight, petaloid portions long relative to herbaceous bases. Corollas pure white.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Sandhills, edges of wet savannas, dunes, stream banks, sandy-clay ridgetops, turkey oak, bluejack oak, longleaf pine-oak
Elevation: 50–200 m

Discussion

Variety kralii has been collected from South Carolina (Allendale Co., Ahles 20905, NCU), where it appears to be disjunct from closest populations in southern Georgia. Intergrades between var. kralii and var. elegans are encountered in Alabama and Mississippi and vars. kralii and elegans appear to be sympatric in Alabama and Georgia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
flaring-divergent +
pale lavender;rose +
straight +
prolonged +
dilated +
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 +
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 +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +  and Miss. +
50–200 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandhills, edges of wet savannas, dunes, stream banks, sandy-clay ridgetops, turkey oak, bluejack oak, longleaf pine-oak +
well-spaced +
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 Aug–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. kralii +
Liatris elegans +
variety +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +