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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Liatris microcephala
|accepted_authority=(Small) K. Schumann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Just’s Bot. Jahresber.
|place=26(1): 378. 1900
|year=1900
}}
|common_names=Smallhead gayfeather
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lacinaria microcephala
|authority=Small
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lacinaria polyphylla
|authority=Small
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Liatris;Liatris microcephala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Liatris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Liatris microcephala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 516
|treatment_page=page 530
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>30–80 cm. <b>Corms</b> globose (fibrous roots often densely covering whole structure). <b>Stems</b> glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to linear-lanceolate, 80–200 × 1–3(–4, –6) mm, gradually reduced or abruptly reduced on distal 1/2 of stems, essentially glabrous. <b>Heads</b> in loose to dense, spiciform arrays (internodes to 8 mm). <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or (ascending) 1–12 mm. <b>Involucres</b> turbinate-cylindric, 5–7(–9) × 3–4 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–4 series, oblong to oblong-obovate, strongly unequal, essentially glabrous, margins with hyaline borders, apices rounded. <b>Florets</b> 4–5(–6); corolla tubes glabrous inside. <b>Cypselae</b> 3–3.5 mm; pappi: lengths ± 1/2 corollas, bristles barbellate. <b>2n</b> = 20, 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Outcrops of granite and sandstone, rocky slopes, sandy stream banks, openings in pine-oak, oak barrens
|elevation=200–600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Liatris microcephala
|author=
|authority=(Small) K. Schumann
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lacinaria polyphylla
|basionyms=Lacinaria microcephala
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Outcrops of granite and sandstone, rocky slopes, sandy stream banks, openings in pine-oak, oak barrens
|elevation=200–600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=Just’s Bot. Jahresber.
|publication year=1900
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Liatris
|species=Liatris microcephala
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