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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Liatris spicata var. spicata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris spicata var. spicata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-001a:
Liatris spicata var. spicata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lacinaria spicata
COMMON NAME:
Dense Blazing-star, Mountain Blazing-star, Florist's Gayfeather, Dense Gayfeather
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lasp5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160430_614
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110522_612
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120506_573
May Oconee County SC
Leaves 3-5 veined. Basal & lower cauline leaves 4-10(20)mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120506_589
May Oconee County SC
Leaves narrowly linear, about 16" long at the plant's base, shorter upwards, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm120623_227b
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flower heads in a spiciform arrangement; (4)6-8(12) florets per head, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0507l_22
July Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm070703_049
July Summers County WV
Sandstone Visitors Center
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_spicata
July
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Steve Marlow snm070703d101_024
July Summers County WV
Sandstone Visitors Center
Unlike many plants, Liatris flowers downward from the top [determinate], per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm0408j_02
August Oconee County SC
Chief pollinators are long-tongued insects, per Book of Field and Roadside.
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JK Marlow jkm0408j_18
August Oconee County SC
Cauline leaves usually gradually reduced in size distally, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0408k_12
August Oconee County SC
Narrow, leafy, typically unbranched stems may reach heights of 6' or more, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_liatris_spicata_7
September
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JK Marlow jkm0410p_16
October Oconee County SC