Liatris oligocephala

Plants (12-)25-48(-55) cm. Corms subglobose to depressed hemispheric. Stems glabrous. Leaves: basal scalelike (usually withering before flowering), cauline 1-nerved, mostly linear, 12-20(-230) × 1.2-3(-4.5) mm, gradually reduced beyond midstem, essentially glabrous (margins ciliate). Heads borne singly or (2-10) in subcorymbiform arrays. Peduncles (5-)12-40 mm. Involucres campanulate-turbinate, 10-19(-23) × (8-)10-17(-21) mm. Phyllaries in ± 3-4 series, (green or purple) lanceolate to linear-oblong, unequal, essentially glabrous or sparsely pilose, margins with or without hyaline borders, ciliate, apices long- to short-acuminate. Florets (11-)14-21(-25); corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae (3.5-)5-7 mm (glabrous); pappi: lengths ± ¹/2-²/3 corollas, bristles barbellate.

Flowering Jun-Jul(-Aug). Open, grassy areas of dolomitic glades; of conservation concern; 50-200 m; Ala.

Liatris oligocephala is known only from Bibb County.