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Liatris tenuifolia

Liatris tenuifolia Nutt.

Shortleaf Blazing Star, Slender Blazing Star, Shortleaf Gayfeather, Shortleaf Liatris, Fineleaf Blazing Star, Fineleaf Gayfeather, Fineleaf Liatris

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

USDA Symbol: LITE6

Liatris tenuifolia (Shortleaf blazing star) #59106

Image Information

Photographer: Stuart, Will
City: McBee
County: Chesterfield
State: NC
Location Notes: Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Accession date: 2017-12-20
Filename: WCS_IMG0200.JPG
Slide Index: Liatris_tenuifolia_20110914_0258
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Collection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: Digital
Orientation: Landscape
Shot: Close-up of linear basal leaves. Photographer's note: "Liatris tenuifolia is characterized by a tuft of long, slender, basal leaves. Per Radford [botanists Albert E. Radford, Harry E. Ahles and C. Ritchie Bell in Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas], 'fibers of old basal leaves conspicuous.'"
Date Taken: 2017-09-14
NPIN Image Id: 59106

Image Verification

This image has been verified.
By: Joseph A. Marcus
Date: 2017-12-20

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