Liatris virgata Nuttall (Q6005)

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Liatris virgata is a synonym of Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willdenow
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Liatris virgata Nuttall
Liatris virgata is a synonym of Liatris pilosa (Aiton) Willdenow

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    taxon/id/Liatris virgata Nuttall
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    King’s Mountain or piedmont gayfeather (English)
    Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct(–Nov).
    swampy woods
    stream margins
    slopes
    clearings
    upland woods
    rocky woods
    pine-oak woods
    mixed deciduous woods
    roadsides
    iredell soils
    Plants 35–75 cm.
    Corms mostly globose.
    Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, narrowly oblanceolate, (50–) 90–150 × (2–) 4–9 (–12) mm wide, usually abruptly, sometimes gradually, reduced distally, glabrous or sparsely pilose (abaxially), glanddotted (proximal margins sparsely pilose-ciliate).
    Heads in loose, racemiform to spiciform arrays (not secund, internodes 6–20 mm).
    Peduncles 0 or (ascending) mostly 2–12 mm.
    Involucres campanulate-cylindric, (6–) 7–9 × 3.5–4.5 (–5) mm.
    Phyllaries usually in 3–5 (–6) series, in 5–6 (–7) series in largest heads, ovate-triangular to oblong, unequal, glabrous, margins with narrow, hyaline borders (lacking at apices), sometimes sparsely ciliolate, apices acute to obtuse-angled (with thickened, not markedly involute, apicula).
    Florets 7–10 (–12);
    corolla-tubes pilose inside.
    Cypselae (2–) 3–4 mm;
    pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles barbellate.