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Common Name:
Dense Blazing-star, Mountain Blazing-star, Florist's Gayfeather, Dense Gayfeather
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris 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): Liatris spicata var. spicata 179-30-001a FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Prairies (calcareous), roadsides, seepages, bogs, grassy balds
Common (uncommon in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Prairie Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris pycnostachya + FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liatris pycnostachya FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dense Blazing-star, Bog Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris resinosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris spicata var. resinosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris spicata var. resinosa 179-30-001b FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Bogs, wet longleaf pine savannas, seepages
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Blazing-star, Smallhead Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris microcephala FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris microcephala FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris microcephala 179-30-002 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Outcrops of acidic rocks (sandstone, granite, gneiss), barrens, prairies
Common in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Grassleaf Blazing-star, Shaggy Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris pilosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris pilosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris graminifolia 179-30-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine barrens, other xeric forests and woodlands, fields, roadbanks
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Wand Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (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): Liatris graminifolia 179-30-003? FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Open woods, roadbanks
Common in Carolinas, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Slender Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris gracilis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris gracilis FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris gracilis 179-30-004 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands
Common in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Georgia Blazing-star, Georgia gayfeather
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris patens FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris patens FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Blazing-star, Heller's Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris helleri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris helleri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris helleri 179-30-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: High elevation rock outcrops, sometimes on ledges of precipitous cliffs, rocky openings in heath balds
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Sandhill Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris cokeri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Liatris cokeri FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris regimontis 179-30-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Sandhill Blazing-star, One-sided Blazing-star, Lax Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris secunda FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Liatris pauciflora FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris secunda 179-30-008 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Common in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chapman's Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris chapmanii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris chapmanii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Xeric sands of Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, and pine rocklands
Historically in GA, but not recently seen
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Garber’s Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris garberi FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris garberi FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Pine flatwoods
Native: south Florida
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Common Name:
Shortleaf Blazing-star, Shortleaf Gayfeather, Slender Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris tenuifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris tenuifolia var. tenuifolia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris tenuifolia 179-30-009 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Blazing-star, Earle's Blazing-star, Appalachian Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris squarrulosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris squarrulosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris earlei 179-30-010 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Diabase barrens, other glades and barrens, prairies, longleaf pine sandhills, open woodlands
Uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rough Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris aspera FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Liatris aspera var. intermedia FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris aspera 179-30-011 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Prairies, barrens, glades
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris scariosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris scariosa var. scariosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris scariosa 179-30-012 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Shale barrens, dry rock outcrops, roadbanks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Elegant Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris elegans var. elegans FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris elegans var. elegans FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris elegans 179-30-013 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, {additional habitats}
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Kral's Elegant Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris elegans var. kralii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris elegans var. kralii FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris elegans 179-30-013? FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa FAMILY: Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liatris squarrosa 179-30-014 FAMILY: Asteraceae__
Habitat: Dry woodlands, glades, barrens, dry prairies, wet prairies
Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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