Liatris cokeri Pyne & Stucky

Sandhill's blazing star (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Liatris

Characteristics

Plants 25–85 cm. Corms globose. Stems glabrous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, lance-linear to linear, 50–150 × 2–5 mm, gradually or abruptly reduced distally, essentially glabrous (proximal margins sparsely ciliate). Heads in dense, racemiform to spiciform arrays (sometimes strongly to weakly secund, especially if branches reclining, internodes 1–5 mm). Peduncles 0 or (ascending) 1–6(–10) mm. Involucres cylindro-turbinate, (7–)8–9 × 3.5–4 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, ovate-oblong, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate (inner 7.5–10 × 1–1.8 mm), strongly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders (lacking at apices), ciliolate, apices (inner and middle, sometimes outer) rounded to blunt, involute-cuspidate to short-acuminate. Florets 4–7(–9); corolla tubes pilose inside. Cypselae 3–4(–5) mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.85
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Distribution

Liatris cokeri world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:279620-2
WFO ID wfo-0000017985
COL ID 6Q79C
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Synonyms

Liatris cokeri