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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
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===Seed bank and germination=== | ===Seed bank and germination=== | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 10 November 2015
| Liatris chapmanii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Liatris |
| Species: | L. chapmanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Liatris chapmanii Torr. & A. Gray | |
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| Natural range of Liatris chapmanii from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Chapman's blazing star
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Liatris chapmanii is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, L. chapmanii can occur in longleaf pine sandhills and pine-oak-palmetto scrubs (FSU Herbarium). It has been found in disturbed areas such as bulldozed pinelands and sandy fields. Soil types include loamy sand and red clay (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Quercus laevis, Ceratiola, Chrysopsis, Liatris gracilis, L. tenuifolia, Carphephorus odoratissimus, Balduina, Sporobolus, Lyonia, Myrica, Serenoa, Agalinis, and Dicerandra (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers August through October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Liatris chapmanii at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Megachilidae: Megachile albitarsis
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
