Liatris microcephala

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
Common Name:Small Head Blazing Star; Small Head Gayfeather
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Small Head Blazing Star is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is native to the northern half of Alabama. Small Head Blazing Star occurs on granite and sandstone outcrops, on rocky slopes, in dry pine-hardwood forests, and on roadside banks. It is a perennial from a globose corm. The stems are 1-5 from each corm. Stems are erect to reclining, green in color, glabrous, and unbranched (unless damaged). Leaves are basal and cauline. The leaves are linear-lanceolate in outline, alternate, sessile (upper) or short petiolate (lower), glabrous, with entire margins. The leaves are gradually or abruptly reduced in size in the upper half of the stem. Flowers are produced in cylindrical heads. The heads are arranged in spike-like arrays. Heads are sessile or with peduncles up to 12 mm in length. Each head has 3-4 series of unequal glabrous phyllaries with hyaline margins. Each head has 4-5 pink-purple disc flowers. The fruit is an achene with barbellate bristles. Small Head Blazing Star is available from some native plant nurseries. It prefers a site with well-draining soil and full sun.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Liatris
Species Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum. - Small Head Blazing Star; Small Head Gayfeather

Citation

Citation Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann, Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 378. 1900.
Basionym: Lacinaria microcephala Small 1898.
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Lacinaria microcephala    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Marion, Marshall, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Washington, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1881 - 1988

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
SAMF0005515 Shelby 28 Sep 1988 Collier, Stephen
90		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117154 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9998		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048081 Marion 06 Oct 1987 McDaniel, Sidney
29574		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117136 Cherokee 16 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12393		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
TROY000028465 Cullman 16 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4753		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005548 Cleburne 11 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1532		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000015562 St. Clair 22 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3237		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117135 Cherokee 28 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40767		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005559 Talladega 19 Oct 1993 Hilton, Jarel L.
131		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000015560 Cullman 11 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62916		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
SAMF0005519 Cullman 26 Jul 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4728		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005546 Cherokee 28 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40767		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005523 Shelby 23 Sep 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3894		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000021895 Randolph 1 Oct 1988 Nixon, C.F.
4344		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00048060 Etowah 31 Aug 1911 Harper, Roland M.
149		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117141 Cleburne 9 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
483		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117133 Cherokee 28 Aug 1988 Dickson, Catherine C.
1660		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117159 Lawrence 18 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6439		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00058615 Lamar 02 Aug 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2341		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117406 Shelby 30 Jul 1997 Morrow, D. Keener
058		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048061 Franklin s.d. Segars, Charles B.
88		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117410 Winston 7 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5134		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00050323 Chambers 01 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4295		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU139904 Blount 12 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1234		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005554 DeKalb 26 Oct 1947 Henry, Mary G.
5052		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00048059 DeKalb _ Sep 1898 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
AUA000005557 Jackson 15 Jul 1967 Cunningham, Hugh B.
 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00054594 Blount 14 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1450		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117407 Washington 1 Nov 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
345		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000842 Franklin 16 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2171		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
USAM000002524 DeKalb 29 Aug 1969 Kral, Robert
36484		 USAM
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00057678 Cherokee 29 Aug 1987 Dickson, Catherine C.
529		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005532 Etowah 13 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4853		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117157 Jackson 28 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5398		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0036183 Chambers 30 Jul 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8096		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117402 Marshall 2 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
420		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0019243 Cullman 08 Sep 1989 Kral, Robert
77084		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K.Schum.
TROY000028486 Blount 10 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4737		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117137 Clay 3 Sep 1983 Bussey, Melanie G.
868		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000775 Cullman 16 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4753		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117145 Cleburne 5 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11895		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048078 Jackson 27 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40701		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005524 Randolph 13 Oct 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4122		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117405 St. Clair 3 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12051		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0031120 Cullman 24 Aug 2014 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14094		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K.Schum.
TROY000045607 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
131		 TROY
Liattris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117142 Cleburne 28 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
569		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048077 Etowah 12 Jul 1949 Harvill, Jr., A.M.
5236		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005528 Jefferson 28 Sep 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4513		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000780 Winston 16 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
908		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000015117 Etowah 28 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3993		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117147 Cullman 12 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
636		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0008889 Etowah 13 Sep 2011 Davenport, L.J.
4853		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
ALNHS00006627 Cullman 11 Jul 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4634		 ALNHS
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum
UWAL0000774 Blount 10 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4737		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005529 Etowah 13 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4850		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0038702 Jefferson 06 Oct 2018 England, J. Kevin
9548		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
SAMF0005539 Winston 06 Oct 1982 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2322		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117409 Winston 3 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5675		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0047455 Clay 17 Aug 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10817		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000015563 Shelby 19 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
63082		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117138 Clay 2 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4668		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000776 Etowah 28 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3993		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005517 Jefferson 30 Sep 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5687		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000038935 Cullman Jul 1906 Wolf, Wolfgang
1290		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00048056 Clay 31 Jul 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117134 Cherokee 2 Aug 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8811		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU139780 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9380		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
SAMF0005527 St. Clair 20 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4892		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117408 Winston 18 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6448		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048076 DeKalb 30 Jul 1963 McDaniel, Sidney
3613		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117131 Chambers 1 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4295		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00012206 Chilton _ _ 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
AUA000005552 Coosa 10 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1456		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000017355 Winston 16 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
908		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117132 Chambers 23 Aug 1977 Kral, Robert
60908		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005551 DeKalb 8 Oct 1941 Henry, Mary G.
3097		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00048064 Winston 20 Aug 1881 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
AUA000005545 Chambers 17 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
37890		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000002507 Bullock 11 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14153		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117158 Lawrence 14 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3704		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0012270 Clay 29 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7369		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
USAM000002523 Jackson 29 Aug 1969 Kral, Robert
36534		 USAM
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00066948 St. Clair 22 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3237		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005525 Cullman 20 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4871		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000025975 Etowah 28 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3993		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117160 Marshall 14 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2661		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
TROY000015565 Blount 07 Sep 2002 Kral, Robert
93207		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048074 Cleburne 18 Aug 1979 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1536		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
AUA000005558 Lee 26 Sep 1969 Moore, Harold D.
711-69		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005530 Clay 29 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7369		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117401 Marshall 19 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2368		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048075 DeKalb 14 Oct 1979 McDaniel, Sidney
22996		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117403 Randolph 1 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4344		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
TROY000032167 Marion 09 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2163		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005550 Cleburne 11 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1459		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000032164 Franklin 16 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2171		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117155 Jackson 27 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40701		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005560 Talladega 19 Oct 1993 Hilton, Jarel L.
124		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00048066 Cullman 06 Aug 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005531 Winston 14 Sep 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4484		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005556 Jackson 27 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40701		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000015561 DeKalb 26 Sep 1987 Dickson, Catherine C.
659		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005555 Jackson 23 Aug 1991 Gunn, Scott C.
2065		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UWAL0000778 Shelby 29 Sep 1980 Kral, Robert
66517		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117139 Clay 3 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
464		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048079 Cullman 28 Jul 1920 Wolf, Wolfgang
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117146 Cleburne 6 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
246		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0019516 Etowah 23 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86626		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K.Schum.
SAMF0005514 Jefferson 28 Aug 1985 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2418		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000041549 Escambia 19 Oct 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5775		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
ALNHS00003635 Bibb 1 Sep 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2099		 ALNHS
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117149 DeKalb 16 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12405		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005549 Cleburne 11 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1651		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005518 Marion 05 Oct 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4546		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117148 Cullman 12 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3630		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0052087 DeKalb 19 Sep 2020 Keener, Brian R.
11944		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
TROY000015564 Talladega 16 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67672		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117143 Cleburne 2 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
402		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000779 St. Clair 22 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3237		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005520 Chambers 13 Oct 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4096		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
AUA000005553 DeKalb 19 Aug 1981 O'Halloran, K.
408		 AUA
Liatris Microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
UNA00068653 Etowah 28 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3993		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117140 Cleburne 19 Aug 1980 Whetstone, R. David
12221		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU139903 Shelby 11 Oct 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10209		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0031663 Shelby 03 Oct 1992 Kral, Robert
81705		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Greene) K.Schum.
JSU117152 Etowah 3 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3441		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0046723 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
131		 UWAL
Liattris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117150 DeKalb 11 Sep 1986 Moore, C.M.
062		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000843 Marion 09 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2163		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117151 DeKalb 6 Sep 1984 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048080 Cherokee 28 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40767		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117153 Jackson 22 Oct 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
2171		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117404 St. Clair 3 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12051		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00048063 Calhoun _ Sep 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
JSU117144 Cleburne 28 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
593		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UNA00054368 Blount 12 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1234		 UNA
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005516 St. Clair 29 Sep 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4081		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0000777 Lawrence 15 Jul 2008 England, J. Kevin
858		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schum.
SAMF0005526 Shelby 01 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4846		 SAMF
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
UWAL0001846 Winston 14 Sep 2010 Davenport, L.J.
4484		 UWAL
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
JSU117156 Jackson 28 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5398		 JSU
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
TROY000015559 Blount 07 Sep 2002 Kral, Robert
93207		 TROY
Liatris microcephala (Small) K. Schumann
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