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Liatris savannensis Kral & G.L. Nesom
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Liatris savannensis
Copyright by: Jay Horn (2019) via iNaturalist

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Endemic to peninsular Florida from Lee County north to Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This species was newly described in 2003 (Kral & Nesom 2003). South Florida plants were treated historically as Liatris graminifolia, a species now known to be native to the north of Florida. It was reported as extirpated in South Florida (as L. graminifolia in Gann et al. (2002; pp 83-84), based on one specimen collected in Lee County in 1933, and one specimen collected in Punta Gorda in Charlotte County in 1961. Subsequently, a second specimen from Lee County originally identified as L. spicata was determined to be this; it was collected near the public library in Fort Myers in 1985 (Brown s.n. USF). In 2019, Jay Horn posted observations of a population from Estero Bay Preserve State Park in Lee County on iNaturalist, and has subsequently annotated a number of other observations from at least four occurrences in Lee, Charlotte, and Collier counties. Many of these had been previously reported as Liatris spicata.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Synonyms: Liatris graminifolia, misapplied.

Other data on Liatris savannensis available from :

Liatris savannensis has been found in the following 2 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park Present Native

Liatris savannensis has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Charlotte County Native
Lee County Native


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Liatris savannensis
Copyright by: Jay Horn (2019) via iNaturalist
Liatris savannensis
Copyright by: Jay Horn (2019) via iNaturalist
Liatris savannensis
Copyright by: Jay Horn (2019) via iNaturalist
Liatris savannensis
Copyright by: Jay Horn (2019) via iNaturalist