Liatris chapmanii

Torrey & A. Gray

Fl. N. Amer. 2: 502. 1843.

Common names: Chapman’s gayfeather
Endemic
Synonyms: Lacinaria chapmanii (Torrey & A. Gray) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 526. Mentioned on page 516, 527.

Plants 35–75 (–150) cm. Corms globose to elongate. Stems hirtellous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, spatulate-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 40–150 (–180) × 4–8 (–11) mm, abruptly reduced (linear, 1–2 mm wide), then gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous or hirtellous (sometimes mostly along abaxial midveins), glanddotted. Heads (appressed, overlapping) in dense, spiciform arrays. Peduncles 0. Involucres cylindric, 8–12 × 3.5–5 mm. Phyllaries in 3 (–4) series, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, unequal, usually glabrous, rarely minutely puberulent, margins with hyaline borders, apices acute to acuminate. Florets 3–4; corolla-tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae (3–) 4–6 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Dunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields, roadsides, longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine-turkey oak, turkey oak, evergreen oak-sand pine-scrub, scrub with Ceratiola and Pinus clausa
Elevation: 0–50 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Liatris chapmanii"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acute;acuminate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Torrey & A. Gray +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
5-nerved +, 3-nerved +  and 1-nerved +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
mostly linear;ovatelanceolate +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
linear-clavate +
Chapman’s gayfeather +
white +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Fla. +  and Ga. +
0–50 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields, roadsides, longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine-turkey oak, turkey oak, evergreen oak-sand pine-scrub, scrub with Ceratiola and Pinus clausa +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
hirtellous +  and glabrous +
spatulate-oblanceolate;narrowly oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
18 +  and 40 +
Fl. N. Amer. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
hirtellous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Lacinaria chapmanii +
Liatris chapmanii +
species +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
75 cm750 mm <br />0.75 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +