Liatris elegans var. kralii

Mayfield

Sida 20: 601, fig. 4. 2001.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 522. Mentioned on page 521.

Corms depressed-globose. Heads well-spaced. Phyllaries: apices petaloid, initially light yellow or cream, fading to cream, sometimes pale lavender to rose, slightly flaring-divergent or nearly straight, petaloid portions long relative to herbaceous bases. Corollas pure white.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Sandhills, edges of wet savannas, dunes, stream banks, sandy-clay ridgetops, turkey oak, bluejack oak, longleaf pine-oak
Elevation: 50–200 m

Discussion

Variety kralii has been collected from South Carolina (Allendale Co., Ahles 20905, NCU), where it appears to be disjunct from closest populations in southern Georgia. Intergrades between var. kralii and var. elegans are encountered in Alabama and Mississippi and vars. kralii and elegans appear to be sympatric in Alabama and Georgia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Guy L. Nesom +
Mayfield +
Staehelina elegans +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +  and Miss. +
50–200 m +
Sandhills, edges of wet savannas, dunes, stream banks, sandy-clay ridgetops, turkey oak, bluejack oak, longleaf pine-oak +
Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov). +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Compositae +
Liatris elegans var. kralii +
Liatris elegans +
variety +