Liatris pauciflora var. secunda

(Elliott) D. B. Ward

Novon 14: 367. 2004.

Endemic
Basionym: Liatris secunda Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 278. 1823
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 528. Mentioned on page 527.

Stems minutely puberulent-hirtellous (hairs spreading to slightly deflexed). Leaves (and phyllaries) glanddotted (each pit with a glandular hair). Involucres 7–10 (–14) × 3–5 mm. Phyllaries: inner 10–13 × 2–3 mm, apices abruptly short-acuminate, mid and inner often apiculate to mucronulate. Cypselae 4–5 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct).
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine-turkey oak, scrub oak, sand pine-evergreen oak scrub, pine-palmetto scrub, dunes, sand ridges, flats, woodland edges
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"barbellate" is not a number."fine" is not a number.

not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
short-acuminate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
racemiform +  and spiciform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Elliott) D. B. Ward +
decurrent +
not enlarged +
Liatris secunda +
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 +
white +, usually lavender +  and dark magenta or pinkish purple +
usually hirsutulous +  and hirtellous-pilose +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
0–200 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine-turkey oak, scrub oak, sand pine-evergreen oak scrub, pine-palmetto scrub, dunes, sand ridges, flats, woodland edges +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
10mm +  and 13mm +
2mm +  and 3mm +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
glabrous +  and hispidulous-hirtellous +
narrowly oblanceolate;linear-oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct). +
18 +  and 40 +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;spheric;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
puberulent-hirtellous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Liatris pauciflora var. secunda +
Liatris pauciflora +
variety +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +