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| − | Common names: Pinkscale blazing star; Elegant gayfeather; Common elegant blazing star | + | Common names: Pinkscale blazing star; Elegant gayfeather; Common elegant blazing star<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> |
==Taxonomic notes== | ==Taxonomic notes== | ||
| − | Synonyms: | + | Synonyms: ''Laciniaria elegans'' (Walter) Kuntze; ''Laciniaria flabellata'' Small.<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> |
| − | Varieties: ''Liatris elegans'' (Walter) Michaux var. ''elegans''; ''Liatris elegans'' (Walter) Nichaux var. ''kralii'' Mayfield | + | Varieties: ''Liatris elegans'' (Walter) Michaux var. ''elegans''; ''Liatris elegans'' (Walter) Nichaux var. ''kralii'' Mayfield.<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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| − | A description of ''Liatris elegans'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067097 The Flora of North America]. A rhizomatous perennial that is frequent where it is found. <ref name=fsu> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Wilson Baker, Loran C. Anderson, Richard S. Mitchell, E.S. Ford, R.K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, R. Kral, John Morrill, J. P. Gillespie, Sidney McDaniel, R. Komarek, R L Lazor, Gary R. Knight, MacClendons, G. Wilder, Bill Boothe, and Marcia Boothe. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Duval, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Leon, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Washington, Wakulla, and Walton. Georgia: Thomas. </ref> | + | A description of ''Liatris elegans'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067097 The Flora of North America]. A rhizomatous perennial that is frequent where it is found.<ref name=fsu> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Wilson Baker, Loran C. Anderson, Richard S. Mitchell, E.S. Ford, R.K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, R. Kral, John Morrill, J. P. Gillespie, Sidney McDaniel, R. Komarek, R L Lazor, Gary R. Knight, MacClendons, G. Wilder, Bill Boothe, and Marcia Boothe. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Duval, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Leon, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Washington, Wakulla, and Walton. Georgia: Thomas. </ref> |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | ''Liatris elegans var. elegans'' is found from South Carolina through Florida and west to Texas. ''Liatris elegans var. kralii'' ranges from southeastern South Carolina through northern Florida Florida and west to southern Mississippi.<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== | ==Ecology== | ||
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| − | This species | + | This species flowers and fruits from August through November.<ref name=fsu/> |
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| − | This species is thought to be dispersed by wind. <ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref> | + | This species is thought to be dispersed by wind.<ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:55, 22 September 2020
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Liatris |
| Species: | L. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Liatris elegans (Walter) Michx. | |
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| Natural range of Liatris elegans from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common names: Pinkscale blazing star; Elegant gayfeather; Common elegant blazing star[1]
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Laciniaria elegans (Walter) Kuntze; Laciniaria flabellata Small.[1]
Varieties: Liatris elegans (Walter) Michaux var. elegans; Liatris elegans (Walter) Nichaux var. kralii Mayfield.[1]
Description
A description of Liatris elegans is provided in The Flora of North America. A rhizomatous perennial that is frequent where it is found.[2]
Distribution
Liatris elegans var. elegans is found from South Carolina through Florida and west to Texas. Liatris elegans var. kralii ranges from southeastern South Carolina through northern Florida Florida and west to southern Mississippi.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been observed growing in longleaf pine-wiregrass communities, in pine-oak woodlands, bordering sink-ravines, and in live oak hammocks in semi-open to open areas.[2] It also can occur in disturbed areas such as powerline corridors, roadsides, and bulldozed sand scrub.[2] Growing in semi-open and open habitats, L. elegans thrives in dry, coarse, and/or loamy sands as well as red clays.[2] Associated species include longleaf pine, wiregrass, Symphyotrichum dumosum, Solidago, Pityopsis, Liatris pauciflora, Quercus laevis, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Haplopappus divaricatus, Polygonella gracile, Aristidia patula, and Lespedeza hirta.[2] L. elegans responds positively to agricultural-based soil disturbance in South Carolina coastal plain communities. This marks it as an indicator species for post-agricultural woodland.[3] When exposed to soil disturbance by military training in West Georgia, L. elegans was shown to respond negatively by way of absence.[4]
Phenology
This species flowers and fruits from August through November.[2]
Seed dispersal
This species is thought to be dispersed by wind.[5]
Conservation and management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
Liatris elegans Photo by Kevin Robertson
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Wilson Baker, Loran C. Anderson, Richard S. Mitchell, E.S. Ford, R.K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, R. Kral, John Morrill, J. P. Gillespie, Sidney McDaniel, R. Komarek, R L Lazor, Gary R. Knight, MacClendons, G. Wilder, Bill Boothe, and Marcia Boothe. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Duval, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Leon, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Washington, Wakulla, and Walton. Georgia: Thomas.
- ↑ Brudvig, L.A., E Grman, C.W. Habeck, and J.A. Ledvina. (2013). Strong legacy of agricultural land use on soils and understory plant communities in longleaf pine woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 944-955.
- ↑ Dale, V.H., S.C. Beyeler, and B. Jackson. (2002). Understory vegetation indicators of anthropogenic disturbance in longleaf pine forests at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA. Ecological Indicators 1(3):155-170.
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
