Liatris spicata var. spicata

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 524. Mentioned on page 523.
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Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 4–10 (–20) mm wide (cauline usually gradually reduced in size distally). Heads in dense to loose, spiciform arrays. Involucres (7–) 8–11 mm. Phyllaries usually greenish. Florets (4–) 6–8 (–12). 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Fields, road banks, fencerows, lake sides, wet to moist prairies and meadows, bogs, seepages, dunes, limestone and granite outcrops, sandy clays, sandy loams, moist woods, oak, oak-pine, and sweetgum flats, tamarack swamps
Elevation: 50–1700 m

Distribution

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Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
rounded;obtuse +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, cymiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) Willdenow +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
Serratula spicata +
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 +
white +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
50–1700 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Fields, road banks, fencerows, lake sides, wet to moist prairies and meadows, bogs, seepages, dunes, limestone and granite outcrops, sandy clays, sandy loams, moist woods, oak, oak-pine, and sweetgum flats, tamarack swamps +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
turbinate-cylindric;turbinate-campanulate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
villous +  and glabrous +
narrowly oblong-lanceolate;narrowly spatulate-oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
18 +  and 40 +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Lacinaria spicata +
Liatris spicata var. spicata +
Liatris spicata +
variety +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +