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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris chapmanii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris chapmanii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria chapmanii
COMMON NAME:
Chapman's Blazing-star
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Keith Bradley kab_l_chapmanii_78128
June Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_l_chapmanii_78155
June Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Heads rigidly ascending, appressed to rachis, densely overlapping, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_l_chapmanii_71825
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Heads sessile, relatively crowded in a cylindric arrangement, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_l_chapmanii_71829
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Florets 3-4 [per head]; corolla tubes glabrous inside, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_liatris_chapmanii_11b
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_liatris_chapmanii_11c
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_liatris_chapmanii_11d
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Stems hirtellous with spreading to slightly deflexed hairs. Leaves 1-veined, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris chapmanii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris chapmanii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria chapmanii
3984
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric sands of Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, and pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Historically in GA, but not recently seen
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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