Difference between revisions of "Liatris acidota"

Engelmann & A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 218. 1845.

Common names: Gulf Coast or sharp gayfeather
Synonyms: Lacinaria acidota (Engelmann & A. Gray) Kuntze Liatris acidota var. vernalis Engelmann & A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 525. Mentioned on page 513, 514.
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Revision as of 15:31, 18 September 2019

Plants 20–90(–130) cm. Corms usually globose to subglobose, sometimes ovoid to elongate. Stems glabrous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 3–5-nerved, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 100–400 × 1–3(–5) mm, gradually reduced distally or abruptly on distal 1/2 of stems, essentially glabrous (bases of basal usually fibrous-persistent). Heads in dense, spiciform arrays. Peduncles 0. Involucres cylindro-turbinate, 6–7(–10) × ca. 3 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, (often purple) oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices (erect or ± appressed) acuminate to acute. Florets (2–)3–4(–5); corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 4–4.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate to subplumose. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Oct(–Nov).
Habitat: Coastal prairies, prairie remnants, wet pine flats, savannas, oak-pine, ditches, roadsides, railroads, sand, sandy and silty loams, clays
Elevation: 0–30 m

Discussion

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0–30 m +
Coastal prairies, prairie remnants, wet pine flats, savannas, oak-pine, ditches, roadsides, railroads, sand, sandy and silty loams, clays +
Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Oct(–Nov). +
Boston J. Nat. Hist. +
Lacinaria acidota +  and Liatris acidota var. vernalis +
Liatris acidota +
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