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Slender Blazing Star

Liatris gracilis

Photo by Ryan Fezz
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Field Notes

Description:

Order: Asterales > Family: Asteraceae. About 3 feet tall if it actually stood erect, easily distinguished from most other Florida Liatris by the spread out and seemingly detached nature of the flower clusters, not to mention its leaning habit.

Habitat:

Pineland Scrub

Notes:

Morningside Nature Center

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PublishedJune 26, 2014

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