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Liatris cymosa
(Nessel) Schumann
No occurrences found
Family:
Asteraceae
branched blazing star
Images
not available
FNA
Resources
Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Plants
20-75 cm.
Corms
globose to elongate-globose.
Stems
strigoso-puberulent.
Leaves:
basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 80-120 × 2-5 mm, gradually reduced distally or abruptly reduced on distal
1
/2 of stems, essentially glabrous (margins proximally piloso-ciliate).
Heads
(2-20+) in open, cymiform arrays.
Peduncles
20-70 mm (bracteate).
Involucres
cylindro-campanulate, 14-17 × 8-11 mm.
Phyllaries
in 5-7 series, broadly oblong-obovate (outer) to broadly oblong, strongly unequal, sparsely short-pilose, margins without hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices rounded, sometimes mucronate.
Florets
20-25; corolla tubes glabrous inside.
Cypselae
6-7 mm;
pappi:
lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose. Flowering (Jul-)Aug-Oct. Post oak woodlands, fields, fencerows, openings, edges, clay soils; of conservation concern; 50-100 m; Tex.
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