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Liatris virgata Nuttall. Carolina Blazing-star, Wand Blazing-star. Phen: (Jul-) Aug-Oct (-Nov). Hab: Open woods, roadbanks. Dist: VA and WV south to GA. Reported as a state record for ne. TN (Johnson County) (McCullogh 2022).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA21, K1, K3, K4, Va, Nesom & Stucky (2004); > Laciniaria regimontis Small – S; > Laciniaria smallii Britton – S; < Liatris graminifolia Willd. – RAB, SE1, W; > Liatris graminifolia Willd. var. smallii (Britton) Fernald & Griscom – F, Gaiser (1946), Godfrey (1948); > Liatris graminifolia Willd. var. virgata (Nutt.) Fernald – F; > Liatris regimontis (Small) K.Schum. – C, G, Godfrey (1948); > Liatris regiomontis – F, orthographic variant

Links to other floras: = Liatris virgata - FNA21

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial found in rocky woodlands, open woods, barrens, clearings and road banks.

Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, elliptic to narrowly lance-shaped, to 6 in. long, gland-dotted, smooth or slightly hairy.

Inforescence: Composite flowers (heads) arranged about 1/2 in. apart along a slightly zig-zagging terminal spike; heads about 1 in. tall, sessile or stalked, composed of 7-12 pink, 5-lobed disk florets with 2 protruding style branches. Gland-dotted bracts with thickened tips and translucent margins tightly surround the cylindric to bell-shaped base of each head.

Flowers:

Fruits: Fruit a cluster of tufted achenes.

Comments:

Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial found in rocky woodlands, open woods, barrens, clearings and road banks.

stems: Stems unbranched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, elliptic to narrowly lance-shaped, to 6 in. long, gland-dotted, smooth or slightly hairy.

inflorescence: Composite flowers (heads) arranged about 1/2 in. apart along a slightly zig-zagging terminal spike; heads about 1 in. tall, sessile or stalked, composed of 7-12 pink, 5-lobed disk florets with 2 protruding style branches. Gland-dotted bracts with thickened tips and translucent margins tightly surround the cylindric to bell-shaped base of each head.

flowers:

fruits: Fruit a cluster of tufted achenes.

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