Liatris tenuis Shinners

Gulf blazing star (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Liatris

Characteristics

Plants 30–55 cm. Corms globose to subglobose. Stems strigoso-puberulent. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1(–3)-nerved, linear-lanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 120–250 × 2–3(–5) mm, abruptly reduced on distal 1/2–2/3 of stems, sparsely pilose (abaxial faces), gland-dotted. Heads in loose, spiciform arrays (internodes 1–15 mm). Peduncles 0 or 1–5 mm. Involucres cylindro-campanulate, 10–13 × 5–6(–7) mm. Phyllaries in 3–4(–5) series, outermost narrowly triangular, unequal, sparsely fine-pilose to glabrate, margins without hyaline borders, ciliate, apices (loosely divergent) acute to acuminate (innermost sometimes obtuse and short-acuminate). Florets 10–12; corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 4.2–4.5 mm; pappi: lengths equaling corollas, bristles barbellate or proximally plumose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.55
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Environment

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139656-2
WFO ID wfo-0000047437
COL ID 728LT
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Synonyms

Liatris tenuis