Biology:Liatris gracilis
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Short description: Species of plant
| Liatris gracilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Liatris |
| Species: | L. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Liatris gracilis | |
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Liatris gracilis, the slender blazing-star or slender gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[3] A perennial reaching 40 in (1 m) but often considerably shorter, it is native to the southeastern US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.[2][3] It has been observed in habitats such as longleaf pine-wiregrass communities, oak scrub, grasslands, and sandhills.[4]
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:[2]
- Liatris gracilis var. gholsonii (L.C.Anderson) D.B.Ward – Florida
- Liatris gracilis var. gracilis – entire range
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Liatris gracilis" (in en). https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.153138/Liatris_gracilis.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Liatris gracilis Pursh" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/230575-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Liatris gracilis Pursh Slender Blazing Star, Slender Gayfeather, Slender Liatris". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 29 September 2022. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LIGR9.
- ↑ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: E. S. Ford, R.K. Godfrey, Loran C. Anderson, John Morrill, E. L. Tyson, Kurt E. Blum, D. B. Ward, Gary R. Knight, C. Jackson, H. A. Davis, Samuel B. Jones, Paul L. Redfearn, Jr., R. Kral, Almut G. Jones, Victoria I. Sullivan, R L Lazor, Olga Lakela, J. P. Gillespie, James D. Ray, Jr., Donald G. Randolph, Sidney McDaniel, J. B. Nelson, B. Cooper, Wendy Caster, Kurt E. Blum, John D. Lazor, Wilson Baker, A. F. Clewell, Roy Komarek, E. V. Komarek, T. MacClendon, Boothes, and Chris VanDerpoel. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dade, Dixie, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hillsborough, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Pasco, Polk, Santa Rosa, St Johns, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Thomas.
Wikidata ☰ Q15587178 entry
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