Synonym(s): Lacinaria microcephala
Image ID: 12548
Image by: Cressler, Alan M.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: LIMI7
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Liatris microcephala
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-01-29
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: LIATR GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Liatris GENUS AUTHORITY: Gaertn. ex Schreb. GENUS COMMON: Blazing star GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 40-50 species, herbs, of e. and c. North America. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Nesom in FNA (2006c); Gaiser (1946)=Z; Cronquist (1980)=SE; Stucky & Pyne (1990); Godfrey (1948)=Y; Stucky (1991); Stucky (1992); Mayfield (2002). Key adapted in large part from FNA.
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ASTERA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Asteraceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 FAMILY COMMON: Aster Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution. FAMILY REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Liatris microcephala
COMMON NAME: Small-head Blazing-star
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K, RAB, SE, W, Y, Z; = Laciniaria microcephala Small - S]
PHENOLOGY: Aug-Oct.
HABITAT: Outcrops of acidic rocks (sandstone, granite, gneiss).
COMMENTS: W. NC and KY south to w. SC, n. and c. GA, and n. AL.
RANGE MAP: Liatris microcephala.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Asteraceae Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 (Aster Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution. REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Liatris Gaertn. ex Schreb. (Blazing star) SUMMARY: A genus of 40-50 species, herbs, of e. and c. North America. REFERENCE: Nesom in FNA (2006c); Gaiser (1946)=Z; Cronquist (1980)=SE; Stucky & Pyne (1990); Godfrey (1948)=Y; Stucky (1991); Stucky (1992); Mayfield (2002). Key adapted in large part from FNA.
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Liatris microcephala in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Liatris microcephala in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)