Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris gracilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris gracilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris gracilis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lacinaria gracilis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-004:
Liatris gracilis FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria gracilis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria laxa
COMMON NAME:
Slender Blazing-star
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris gracilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris gracilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris gracilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lacinaria gracilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-004:
Liatris gracilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria gracilis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria laxa
4700
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA, rare in SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue, lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p363
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p108
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p100
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