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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wand Blazing-star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris virgata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Liatris virgata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris virgata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003?:
Liatris graminifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Liatris regimontis
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Liatris graminifolia var. virgata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria regimontis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria smallii
COMMON NAME:
Wand Blazing-star
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lasm_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virgata_gra_12
September
Heads loosely arranged, florets 7-10 (-12), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virg_gram_2_2
October
Stems glabrous. Heads on internodes 6-15 (-20) mm long, not secund, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris virgata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris virgata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris virgata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Liatris virgata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-30-003?:
Liatris graminifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Liatris regimontis
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Liatris graminifolia var. virgata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria regimontis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria smallii
3724
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Open woods, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolinas, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA)
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:
Summer/Fall
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) p273
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p309
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p100
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