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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris resinosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Liatris at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris spicata var. spicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-001b:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria spicata
COMMON NAME:
Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Will Stuart wil_7567788142_047d3ff4fe
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Will Stuart wil_7567817094_03b03f4a34
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Involucres usually purple, whereas those of var. spicata are usually green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_7567819032_b8931598d6
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Flower heads in a spiciform arrangement; 5-6(8) florets per head, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_7567820718_31a58daa3d
July Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Pollinator at work: 3 palamedes swallowtails nectaring. — Will Stuart
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Keith Bradley kab_liatris_spicata_73308
August Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris resinosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris spicata var. spicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-001b:
Liatris spicata var. resinosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria spicata
2097
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, wet longleaf pine savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p187?
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p076?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p143?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p093
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p386
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p186
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p256?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p188?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p201
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