Liatris spicata (Linnaeus) Willdenow (Q2619)

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Liatris spicata is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Liatris
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Liatris spicata (Linnaeus) Willdenow
Liatris spicata is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Liatris

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    taxon/id/Liatris spicata (Linnaeus) Willdenow
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    Liatris spicata (Linnaeus) Willdenow
    Liatris spicata
    (Linnaeus) Willdenow
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 21: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    dense blazing-star (English)
    marsh blazing-star (English)
    marsh gayfeather (English)
    florist gayfeather (English)
    sessile blazing-star (English)
    sessile-headed blazing-star (English)
    liatris à épi (French)
    Florist or marsh gayfeather (English)
    Plants (20–) 40–110 (–180) cm.
    Corms globose to slightly elongate.
    Leaves: basal and lower cauline 3–5-nerved, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to narrowly spatulate-oblanceolate, 120–350 × (2–) 4–10 (–20) mm (sometimes becoming more densely arranged distally), usually gradually reduced distally, essentially glabrous or sparsely villous, weakly glanddotted (glandular-hairs often not evident, bases of basal often fibrous-persistent).
    Peduncles usually 0, rarely 1–2 mm.
    Involucres turbinate-cylindric to turbinate-campanulate, 7–11 × 4–6 mm.
    Phyllaries in (3–) 4–5 series, ovate to oblong, unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, sometimes ciliolate, apices rounded to obtuse.
    Florets (4–) 5–8 (–14);
    corolla-tubes glabrous inside.
    Cypselae (3.5–) 4.5–6 mm;
    pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.