OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris virgata   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003?:

Liatris graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

COMMON NAME:
Wand Blazing-star


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris virgata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003?:
Liatris graminifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3724

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open woods, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolinas, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue, lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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