Liatris × johnsonii Matt White

, Phytoneuron 2012-21: 1 (-4; figs. 1-2) (2012).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77118208-1
Publication
Phytoneuron. Digital Publications in Plant Biology
Collation
2012-21: 1 (-4; figs. 1-2)
Date of Publication
23 Feb 2012
Family as entered in IPNI
Asteraceae

Type Information

Collector Team
M.White 09-1
Locality
Lamar Co.: ca 11 mi W of center of Paris, 0.73 mi N of jct of CR 35150 and CR 35020 to corner and then 0.19 mi NW, native Sporobolus silveanus prairie at the head of intermittent tributary stream of Maxey Creek
Collection Date
7 Jul 2009
Type Herbaria
holotype BRIT
Latitude
33° 41' 38" N
Longitude
95° 46' 12" W
Distribution Of Types
Texas (South-Central U.S.A., Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

[epublished] Named after Johnny Johnson who, after purchasing the Lamar County property where this new hybrid grows, recognized it was native prairie and began working to reclaim it from the cedars and brush.

Links

Hybrid Parent
Liatris squarrosa [infrasp.unranked] glabrata (Rydb.) F.C.Gates, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 42: 138 (1940).
Hybrid Parent
Liatris pycnostachya Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 91 (1803).