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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris chapmanii   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris chapmanii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Liatris chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Liatris chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Laciniaria chapmanii

 

COMMON NAME:
Chapman's Blazing-star


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image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_l_chapmanii_78128

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_l_chapmanii_78155

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Heads rigidly ascending, appressed to rachis, densely overlapping, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_l_chapmanii_71825

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Heads sessile, relatively crowded in a cylindric arrangement, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_l_chapmanii_71829

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Florets 3-4 [per head]; corolla tubes glabrous inside, per Flora of North America.

image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_liatris_chapmanii_11b

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_liatris_chapmanii_11c

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

image of Liatris chapmanii, Chapman's Blazing-star

Keith Bradley    kab_liatris_chapmanii_11d

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Stems hirtellous with spreading to slightly deflexed hairs. Leaves 1-veined, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Liatris chapmanii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Liatris chapmanii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Liatris chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Liatris chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laciniaria chapmanii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3984

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Xeric sands of Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, and pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Historically in GA, but not recently seen

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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