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Liatris aestivalis
G.L. Nesom & R. O'Kennon
Family:
Asteraceae
Summer Gayfeather,
more...
blazing star
FNA
Resources
Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Plants
20-65 cm.
Corms
globose or subglobose.
Stems
glabrous.
Leaves:
basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to linear-lanceolate, 70-150 × 1-2.5 mm, abruptly or gradually reduced on distal
1
/2 of stems, essentially glabrous (margins sometimes sparsely ciliate).
Heads
(closely spaced, stems obscured) in dense, (cylindric) spiciform arrays.
Peduncles
0.
Involucres
cylindro-turbinate, 9-12 × 3.5-5 mm.
Phyllaries
in 2-3 series, (often dark purple in anthesis) oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate-triangular, weakly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins without hyaline borders, sometimes sparsely ciliate, apices acute to acute-attenuate (sometimes with narrow tips).
Florets
3-4(-5); corolla tubes glabrate inside.
Cypselae
4.5-6 mm;
pappi:
lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.
Flowering mid Jul-Aug(-Sep). Shallow soils over limestone outcrops, slopes, bases of slopes, usually with yucca; 100-400 m; Okla., Tex.
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