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Liatris oligocephala

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Name

Identification
Liatris oligocephala J. R. Allison [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J. R. Allison, 1993 Liatris oligocephala J. R. Allison [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by J. R. Allison,
Related name
  • Liatris oligocephala
Common name
  • Cahaba torch, Flora of North America Vol. 21

Flora

Entry for Liatris oligocephala J. R. Allison [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 21,
Names
Liatris oligocephala J. R. Allison [family COMPOSITAE], Castanea, 66: 175, figs, 8, 9C,F. 2001
Treatment Author(s)
Guy L. Nesom
Information
Plants (12–)25–48(–55) cm. Corms subglobose to depressed hemispheric. Stems glabrous. Leaves: basal scalelike (usually withering before flowering), cauline 1-nerved, mostly linear, 12–20(–230) × 1.2–3(–4.5) mm, gradually reduced beyond midstem, essentially glabrous (margins ciliate). Heads borne singly or (2–10) in subcorymbiform arrays. Peduncles (5–)12–40 mm. Involucres campanulate-turbinate, 10–19(–23) × (8–)10–17(–21) mm. Phyllaries in ± 3–4 series, (green or purple) lanceolate to linear-oblong, unequal, essentially glabrous or sparsely pilose, margins with or without hyaline borders, ciliate, apices long- to short-acuminate. Florets (11–)14–21(–25); corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae (3.5–)5–7 mm (glabrous); pappi: lengths ± 1/2–2/3 corollas, bristles barbellate.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
50–200 m;
Distribution
USA Ala.
Discussion
Liatris oligocephala is known only from Bibb County.

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