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|accepted_name=Liatris virgata
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|place=7: 72. 1834
|year=1834
}}
|common_names=King’s Mountain or piedmont gayfeather
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lacinaria smallii
|authority=Britton
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris graminifolia var. racemosa
|authority=(de Candolle) Venard
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris graminifolia var. smallii
|authority=(Britton) Fernald & Griscom
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris graminifolia var. virgata
|authority=(Nuttall) Fernald
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris regimontis
|authority=unknown
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Liatris spicata var. racemosa
|authority=de Candolle
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris virgata
|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 virgata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 515, 529
|treatment_page=page 528
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>35–75 cm. <b>Corms</b> mostly globose. <b>Stems</b> glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate, (50–)90–150 × (2–)4–9(–12) mm wide, usually abruptly, sometimes gradually, reduced distally, glabrous or sparsely pilose (abaxially), gland-dotted (proximal margins sparsely pilose-ciliate). <b>Heads</b> in loose, racemiform to spiciform arrays (not secund, internodes 6–20 mm). <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or (ascending) mostly 2–12 mm. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate-cylindric, (6–)7–9 × 3.5–4.5(–5) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> usually in 3–5(–6) series, in 5–6(–7) series in largest heads, ovate-triangular to oblong, unequal, glabrous, margins with narrow, hyaline borders (lacking at apices), sometimes sparsely ciliolate, apices acute to obtuse-angled (with thickened, not markedly involute, apicula). <b>Florets</b> 7–10(–12); corolla tubes pilose inside. <b>Cypselae</b> (2–)3–4 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Edges of swampy woods, stream margins, slopes, clearings, edges of upland woods, rocky woods, pine-oak woods, mixed deciduous woods, roadsides, Iredell soils, clays
|elevation=50–1000 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|discussion=<p>Liatris virgata is characterized by its non-congested arrangement of heads, often on a slightly zigzag axis, and especially by its relatively thickened phyllaries with angled apices (acute to obtuse-apiculate). The name Liatris regimontis has been misapplied to the species now identified as L. cokeri.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liatris virgata
|author=
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lacinaria smallii;Liatris graminifolia var. racemosa;Liatris graminifolia var. smallii;Liatris graminifolia var. virgata;Liatris regimontis;Liatris spicata var. racemosa
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Edges of swampy woods, stream margins, slopes, clearings, edges of upland woods, rocky woods, pine-oak woods, mixed deciduous woods, roadsides, Iredell soils, clays
|elevation=50–1000 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|publication year=1834
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris virgata
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