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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-014:

Liatris squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Laciniaria squarrosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star


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image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lasq2_001_lvd

        

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_liatris_squarrosa_3

June        

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_liatris_squarrosa_1

August        

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm060928_027

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Involucral bracts leaf-like, reflexed, lanceolate, with acuminate tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

Bill Stringer    wcssquarrosa_head

September        

Heads about 1" high in upper leaf axils, 20-45 flowers in each head, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm161001_855

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm0311g_02

November    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm061112_008010

November    Union County    SC

Roadside

Lvs mostly linear, lower 3-10" long & 0.2-.5" wide, gradually reduced upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm061112_014

November    Union County    SC

Roadside

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm061112_017

November    Union County    SC

Roadside

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm061112_022

November    Union County    SC

Roadside

Pappus plumose [with hairs or fine bristles on both sides], 12-15mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa, Scaly Blazing-star, Squarrose Gayfeather, Longbracted Blazing-star

JK Marlow    jkm111113_414

November    Union County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-014:
Liatris squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria squarrosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

827

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, glades, barrens, dry prairies, wet prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene

 

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