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slender blazing-star
Liatris gracilis
Liatris gracilis, the slender blazing-star or slender gayfeather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. A perennial reaching 40 in (1 m) but often considerably shorter, it is native to the southeastern US states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. It has been observed in habitats such as longleaf pine-wiregrass communities, oak scrub, grasslands, and sandhills.
From the article Liatris gracilis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
Liatris gracilis is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Bombus impatiens.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 164691.