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|accepted_name=Liatris gholsonii
|accepted_authority=L. C. Anderson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sida
|place=20: 98, fig. 1. 2002
|year=2002
}}
|common_names=Gholson’s or bluffs gayfeather
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris gholsonii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Liatris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Liatris gholsonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 515, 516
|treatment_page=page 531
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>45–120(–180) cm. <b>Corms</b> globose. <b>Stems</b> finely puberulent. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, spatulate (petioles slender, blades elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic), (100–)150–250 × (8–)11–22(–27) mm, gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous, gland-dotted. <b>Heads</b> in loose, racemiform arrays. <b>Peduncles</b> (spreading-ascending) (2–)5–12(–26) mm (with bracts 2+ mm wide, grading from distal leaves). <b>Involucres</b> cylindro-turbinate, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3(–4) series, ovate to oblong, strongly to weakly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices (at least outer) acuminate to acute. <b>Florets</b> 3–5(–6); corolla tubes pilose inside. <b>Cypselae</b> 3.5–5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Slopes of shaded sites in deciduous woods, ecotones of mesic woods and scrub oak, sandy ridges between ravines, open sites on bluffs, loamy or gravelly sands
|elevation=20–50 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Liatris gholsonii</i> is closely similar to <i>L. gracilis</i>; it apparently is restricted to an area along the Apalachicola River in Liberty and Leon counties.</p>
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name=Liatris gholsonii
|authority=L. C. Anderson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Slopes of shaded sites in deciduous woods, ecotones of mesic woods and scrub oak, sandy ridges between ravines, open sites on bluffs, loamy or gravelly sands
|elevation=20–50 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sida
|publication year=2002
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris gholsonii
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