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Liatris tenuifolia
Nutt.
Family:
Asteraceae
Short-Leaf Gayfeather,
more...
shortleaf gayfeather
nat_t
FNA
Resources
Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Plants
40-150 cm.
Corms
globose.
Stems
glabrous or sparsely pilose.
Leaves:
basal and proximal cauline (arising from separated nodes) 1-nerved, linear to linear-lanceolate, 100-300 × 1-2(-2.5) mm, gradually or abruptly reduced distally, essentially glabrous, gland-dotted (proximal margins sometimes ciliate).
Heads
in compact, racemiform arrays.
Peduncles
(ascending) 1-7 mm.
Involucres
turbinate-campanulate, 5-7 × 4-5 mm.
Phyllaries
in 2-3(-4) series, lanceolate to oblong or elliptic-oblong, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with (pinkish purple) hyaline borders, apices usually rounded-retuse and minutely involute-cuspidate to apiculate.
Florets
4-6; corolla tubes glabrous inside.
Cypselae
2.5-4 mm;
pappi:
lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. Flowering Aug-Nov. Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine-scrub oak, turkey oak-bluejack oak, slash pine-sand pine-scrub, sand pine-scrub, sand ridges, hills, and flats, roadsides; 10-100 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., S.C.
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