Aggie-land or branched gayfeather

Lacinaria cymosa Ness, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 21, plate 351. 1899

Plants 20–75 cm. Corms globose to elongate-globose. Stems strigoso-puberulent. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline 1-nerved, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 80–120 × 2–5 mm, gradually reduced distally or abruptly reduced on distal ¹/2 of stems, essentially glabrous (margins proximally piloso-ciliate). Heads (2–20+) in open, cymiform arrays. Peduncles 20–70 mm (bracteate). Involucres cylindro-campanulate, 14–17 × 8–11 mm. Phyllaries in 5–7 series, broadly oblong-obovate (outer) to broadly oblong, strongly unequal, sparsely short-pilose, margins without hyaline borders, ciliolate, apices rounded, sometimes mucronate. Florets 20–25; corolla tubes glabrous inside. Cypselae 6–7 mm; pappi: lengths ± equaling corollas, bristles plumose.

Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Oct. Post oak woodlands, fields, fencerows, openings, edges, clay soils; of conservation concern; 50–100 m; Tex.