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Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Coast of Maine, along the seashore to Florida, 
west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Salt marshes. Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers 
pink; June, July. Frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Found in the islands of Egg-Harbour, in New-Jersey.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia plukenetii Ell. Sk. 2:114. 1817. PLUKENET’S GERARDIA. 
Gerardia setacea Chap. F1.300, Not Walt., Ell., Pursh, or Nutt. 
Ell. Sk.2:114. Chap. F1.300, Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1: 298, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Georgia and Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower Pine region, Dry gravelly or sandy woods, 
Lee County, Auburn, 800 feet altitude (Earle), Talladega County, Renfree, rocky 
hillsides, 700 feet. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers rose-pink; September, 
October. Common. Abundant in dry open pine barrens of the Lower Pine region. 
Annual. 
Plants with white flowers not rare about Mobile. 
Type locality: ‘*Grows in wet spungy soils, very common between the Oakmulgee 
and Chatahouchie rivers.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia setacea Walt. I'l. Car. 170. 1788. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 294. 
Louisianian area. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry sandy pine woods. Mobile County. October; 
infrequent. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia filifolia Nutt. Gen. P1].2:48, 1818. FILIFORM-LEAVED GERARDIA, 
Ell. Sk, 2:116. Chap. Fl. ed.3, 319, Gray, Syn. FLN. A. 2, pt. 1: 293. 
Louisianian area. Southern Georgia to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Alabama (fide Gray). Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘In West Florida, Dr. Baldwyn.” 
Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3:79, 1794. THIN-LEAVED GERARDIA. 
Anonymos erecta Walt. FL Car, 170. 1788 (7) 
Ell. Sk. 2:117. Gray, Man. ed. 6,390. Chap. Fl. 300. Gray, Syn. FL Nw A. 2, pt. 
1:294. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Lonisianian areas. Ontario and New England west 
to Minnesota; Ohio Valley to Missouri; south along the mountains to Tennessee, 
Georgia, and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Cullman County. Flowers pale 
rose; August. Annual, 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb, Mohr. 
Gerardia tenuifolia asperula Gray, Bot. Gaz, 4:153. 1879. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,390. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. ed. 2, 2, pt. 1:452. 
Carolinian area. Michigan to Indiana, Missouri, western Louisiana, and Ten- 
nessee. 
. ALABAMA: Mountain region, Dry rocky hillsides, Talladega County, Chandler 
Spring, 1,000 feet. Flowers pale purple; September, October, Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Collected at St Croix, Wisconsin, and in Fillmore Co., Minne- 
sota’’; also received from Michigan and St. Louis. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr, 
Gerardia skinneriana Wood, Classhook, 408. 1847. SMALL-LEAVED GERARDIA. 
Gerardia parvifolia Chap, Fl. 3800. 1860, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390, Chap.l.c, Gray, Syn, FI.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 294. 
Carolinian area. Southern Massachusetts, along the coast to North Carolina and 
Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. In damp sandy pine woods. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 
ties. Flowers pale pink; October. Frequent. Low spreading. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘I detected this delicate species in July, 1846, in Greene, Co., Ta.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia. aphylla Nutt. Gen, 2:47, 1818. LEAFLESS GERARDIA. 
Ell. Sk. 2:114. Chap. FI. 299. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 295. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 
