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Common name: scaly blazing star<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
 
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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
Synonyms: ''Liatris squarrosa'' (Linnaeus) Michaux var. ''hirsuta'' (Rydberg) Gaiser  
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Synonyms: ''Laciniaria squarrosa'' (Linnaeus) Hill; ''Liatris squarrosa'' (Linnaeus) Michaux var. ''hirsuta'' (Rydberg) Gaiser.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref> 
  
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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''L. hirsuta'' is a perennial forb/herb of the ''Asteraceae'' family native to North America. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LISQH https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LISQH] </ref>
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''L. hirsuta'' is a perennial forb/herb of the ''Asteraceae'' family native to North America.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LISQH https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LISQH] </ref> The erect stems grow up to 1 m tall and have a pubescent texture. The fibers of the old basal leaves are usually absent. The lower leaves are 3.5 dm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, and glabrous to pubescent. The rachis is also pubescent, Involucres are usually pedunculate and cylindric, 2-3 cm long, and 1-2 cm in diamter. The bracts are acuminate or acute, squarrose, pubescent to glabrous, with a green to purple color. The heads are 20-30 flowered with peduncles that are absent or 2.5 cm long. The corolla lobes are lavender, 4-7 mm long. The nutlets are 5-7 mm long and pubescent. The pappus is plumose and 12-15 mm long.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>  
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
''L. hirsuta'' is found in the southeastern corner of the United States excluding Florida. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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''L. hirsuta'' is found from Iowa and Nebraska to Mississippi, Louisianna, and Texas. There are disjunct populations in northwest Georgia.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>  
 
 
 
==Ecology==
 
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''L. hirsuta'' is found in glades and prairies. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref>
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''L. hirsuta'' is found in glades and prairies.<ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> Specimens have been collected from sandy loam on roadside, hardwood hammock margins, clearing in longleaf pinewoods, wiregrass longleaf pine woods, longleaf pine savanna, and moist loany sand of pine-oak regions.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Steven P. Christman, R.Kral. States and counties: Florida (Washinggton, Escambia, Highlands, Santa Rosa) Georgia (Thomas) Alabama (Lowndes)</ref>  
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This plant flowers June through September.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
''L. hirsuta'' is listed as endangered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program, and as probably extirpated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Natural Features Inventory. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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''L. hirsuta'' is listed as endangered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program, and as probably extirpated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Natural Features Inventory.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 13:09, 14 July 2022

Common name: scaly blazing star[1]

Liatris hirsuta
Liatris hirsuta KWF.jpg
Photo by Michael Haddock at Kansas Wildflowers Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Liatris
Species: L. hirsuta
Binomial name
Liatris hirsuta
L.
LIAT HIRS DIST.JPG
Natural range of Liatris hirsuta from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Laciniaria squarrosa (Linnaeus) Hill; Liatris squarrosa (Linnaeus) Michaux var. hirsuta (Rydberg) Gaiser.[2]

Varieties: none.[2]

Description

L. hirsuta is a perennial forb/herb of the Asteraceae family native to North America.[1] The erect stems grow up to 1 m tall and have a pubescent texture. The fibers of the old basal leaves are usually absent. The lower leaves are 3.5 dm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, and glabrous to pubescent. The rachis is also pubescent, Involucres are usually pedunculate and cylindric, 2-3 cm long, and 1-2 cm in diamter. The bracts are acuminate or acute, squarrose, pubescent to glabrous, with a green to purple color. The heads are 20-30 flowered with peduncles that are absent or 2.5 cm long. The corolla lobes are lavender, 4-7 mm long. The nutlets are 5-7 mm long and pubescent. The pappus is plumose and 12-15 mm long.[2]

Distribution

L. hirsuta is found from Iowa and Nebraska to Mississippi, Louisianna, and Texas. There are disjunct populations in northwest Georgia.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

L. hirsuta is found in glades and prairies.[3] Specimens have been collected from sandy loam on roadside, hardwood hammock margins, clearing in longleaf pinewoods, wiregrass longleaf pine woods, longleaf pine savanna, and moist loany sand of pine-oak regions.[4]

Phenology

This plant flowers June through September.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

L. hirsuta is listed as endangered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Program, and as probably extirpated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Natural Features Inventory.[1]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LISQH
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  3. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  4. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, Steven P. Christman, R.Kral. States and counties: Florida (Washinggton, Escambia, Highlands, Santa Rosa) Georgia (Thomas) Alabama (Lowndes)