EcoFlora - Carphephorus corymbosus

Carphephorus corymbosus (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray
Family: Asteraceae Coastal-Plain Chaffhead [Liatris corymbosa Nutt.]	FNA Resources Guy L. Nesom in Flora of North America (vol. 21) Plants 30-120 cm. Stems villoso-hirsute to hirsute, eglandular. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline oblanceolate, mostly 6-20 cm; cauline gradually reduced, faces gland-dotted. Heads in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles hirsute, eglandular. Involucres (6-)7-10 mm. Phyllaries 15-40+ in 3-5+ series, broadly elliptic, glabrous and eglandular (margins hyaline-scarious, erose or ciliate), apices rounded. Receptacles paleate (at least peripherally). Corollas eglandular, lobes ca. 1 mm. Cypselae eglandular; pappus bristles in ± 1 series. 2n = 20. Flowering (Jul-)Aug-Nov. Sand ridges, roadsides, flats, dry, pine and longleaf pine-turkey oak woods, pine-palmetto, palmetto flats; 0-50 m; Fla., Ga., S.C.
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