Liatris garberi A.Gray

Garber's blazing star (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Liatris

Characteristics

Plants 20–80 cm. Corms elongated into rhizomes, irregularly shaped (sometimes with thickened, fibrous roots). Stems piloso-puberulent to hirsute. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 120–300 × 3–8 mm, gradually reduced distally to ± midstem, abruptly reduced to ± uniform bracts distally, essentially glabrous, gland-dotted (margins sometimes sparsely ciliate). Heads in dense, spiciform arrays. Peduncles 0 or 1–5(–10) mm. Involucres cylindro-campanulate, 8–10 × 4–5 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4(–5) series, ovate to oblong-oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, strongly unequal, usually essentially glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigose to pilosulous, margins with hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices acute (inner with slightly subterminal, ‘rolled’ apicula), ciliolate. Florets 6–10; corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 3–3.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.8
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Environment

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

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Liatris garberi world distribution map, present in Bahamas and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230572-1
WFO ID wfo-0000136383
COL ID 6PWML
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lacinaria chlorolepis Lacinaria garberi Lacinaria nashii Liatris garberi