Liatris ligulistylis

(A. Nelson) K. Schumann

Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 29(1): 569. 1903.

Common names: Northern Plains gayfeather
Endemic
Basionym: Lacinaria ligulistylis A. Nelson Bot. Gaz. 31: 405. 1901
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 531. Mentioned on page 516, 517, 535.

Plants 20–100 cm. Corms subglobose (often knotty, densely fibrous-rooted). Stems sparsely to densely puberulent, puberulent-villous, or strigoso-puberulent. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate to spatulate-lanceolate, 90–150 (–220) × 4–17 (–24) mm, gradually reduced distally to near midstem, then abruptly reduced, linear or narrowly lanceolate, ascending to nearly erect, bractlike, sparsely to densely puberulent, ± glanddotted. Heads (4–21) in open, racemiform arrays (terminal heads sometimes maturing first and larger). Peduncles usually (5–) 8–15 (–30) mm. Involucres campanulate to turbinate-campanulate, 10–15 × 13–18 mm. Phyllaries in (3–) 4–5 series, oblong-obovate to oblong-spatulate, strongly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with (purple) hyaline borders, erose to lacerate or irregular, apices broadly rounded to truncate. Florets 30–70; corolla-tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 5–7 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Prairies (often wet), pine barrens, clearings in aspen and pine woods, ridges along lake shores, depressions in granite, rocky slopes, roadsides, ditches, along railroads, sand, clay
Elevation: 100–2400 m

Distribution

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Alta., Man., Sask., Colo., Iowa, Minn., Mont., N.Mex., N.Dak., S.Dak., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Liatris ligulistylis"
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
broadly rounded;truncate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
racemiform +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(A. Nelson) K. Schumann +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
Lacinaria ligulistylis +
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 +
Northern Plains gayfeather +
white +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Alta. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Colo. +, Iowa +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, S.Dak. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
100–2400 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Prairies (often wet), pine barrens, clearings in aspen and pine woods, ridges along lake shores, depressions in granite, rocky slopes, roadsides, ditches, along railroads, sand, clay +
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 />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
campanulate;turbinate-campanulate +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
ascending +  and nearly erect +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
puberulent +
bractlike;lanceolate;linear;narrowly oblanceolate;spatulate-lanceolate +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
lacerate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
18 +  and 40 +
Just’s Bot. Jahresber. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
strigoso-puberulent +, puberulent-villous +  and puberulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Liatris ligulistylis +
species +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +