View source for Liatris punctata

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Liatris punctata
|accepted_authority=Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 306, plate 105. 1833
|year=1833
}}
|common_names=Plains or dotted gayfeather
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lacinaria punctata
|authority=(Hooker) Kuntze
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris punctata
|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 punctata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 514, 520, 535
|treatment_page=page 519
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>15–85 cm. <b>Corms</b> globose to depressed-globose or elongate, sometimes becoming simple or branched rhizomes. <b>Stems</b> glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear, 50–140 × 1–7 mm, gradually or little reduced distally, essentially glabrous or sparsely piloso-hirsutulous, gland-dotted (margins sometimes ciliate). <b>Heads</b> in dense to loose, spiciform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate-cylindric, 7–15 × (4–)5–7 mm. <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or very rarely 1–2 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–6 series, mostly oblong-obovate, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins without hyaline borders, sometimes ciliate, apices acute, acute-acuminate, obtuse, rounded, or rounded-truncate (often with indurate apicula or mucros, lateral veins usually not evident beyond middle or at least on distal 1/3). <b>Florets</b> 3–8; corolla tubes glabrous inside. <b>Cypselae</b> (5.5–)6–8.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ark.;Colo.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.Mex.;Nebr.;Ohio;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Wis.;Wyo.;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corms globose to depressed-globose; involucres 7–9(–12) mm; phyllaries in (4–)5–6 series; florets (3–)4–5(–6)
|[[Liatris punctata var. mucronata|Liatris punctata var. mucronata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corms elongate or becoming rhizomes; involucres 10–14 mm; phyllaries in 4(–5) series; florets 4–8
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Heads in dense, spiciform arrays (closely spaced, stems usually obscured by heads)
|[[Liatris punctata var. punctata|Liatris punctata var. punctata]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Heads in loose, spiciform arrays (widely spaced, stems evident)
|[[Liatris punctata var. mexicana|Liatris punctata var. mexicana]]
|}
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name=Liatris punctata
|authority=Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lacinaria punctata
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ark.;Colo.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.Mex.;Nebr.;Ohio;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Wis.;Wyo.;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1833
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_1310.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris punctata
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