Liatris savannensis

Kral & G. L. Nesom

Sida 20: 1574, fig. 1. 2003.

Common names: Savanna gayfeather
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 530. Mentioned on page 514, 516.
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Plants (80–) 90–130 cm. Corms globose, irregularly cylindric, narrowly ovoid, or fusiform and caudexlike. Stems glabrous (often sparsely sessile-glandular). Leaves: basal (often withering before flowering), 1-nerved or 3–5-nerved, linear-elliptic, linear-spatulate, or linear-oblanceolate, (170–) 200–400 × 3–10 mm, gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous, glanddotted (proximal margins pilose-ciliate). Heads in dense, spiciform arrays. Peduncles 0 or (spreading-ascending) 1–2 mm. Involucres turbinate-campanulate, (7–) 8–10 × (8–) 9–11 (–12) mm. Phyllaries in (3–) 4 (–5) series, ovate to oblong, obovate, or spatulate, weakly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with (pinkish purple) hyaline borders, erose to lacerate, ciliolate, apices broadly rounded. Florets 9–17; corolla-tubes pilose inside. Cypselae ca. 4 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.


Phenology: Flowering (Aug–)Sep–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Sandy pinelands, moist sites dominated by slash pine, sabal palmetto, or mixture of the two
Elevation: 0–30 m

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Liatris savannensis"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
rounded +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Kral & G. L. Nesom +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
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 +
Savanna gayfeather +
white +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0–30 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy pinelands, moist sites dominated by slash pine, sabal palmetto, or mixture of the two +
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 />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
turbinate-campanulate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
3-5-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
linear-oblanceolate;linear-spatulate;linear-oblanceolate;linear-spatulate;linear-elliptic +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
lacerate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering (Aug–)Sep–Oct(–Nov). +
18 +  and 40 +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Liatris savannensis +
species +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +