THISTLE FAMILY. ‘ 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry open woods, pastures. Autauga, 
Clarke, Monroe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers rose-pink; August, Sep- 
tember. Frequent. One and one-half to 2 feet high. 
Tvpe locality: South Carolina, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria squarrosa (L.) Hill, Vee. Syst.4:49. 1762. BLAZING STAR, 
Serratula syuarrosa L. Sp. Pl. 2:81.88. 1753. 
Liatris squarrosa Willd. Sp. PL 3: 16534. L801. 
Ell. Sk. 2:282. Gray, Man. ed. 6,242. Chap. Fl. 191.) Gray, Syn. F1N.A.1, pt. 
2:109. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 1&2. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ohio Valley to Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, 
and Dakota, south to Florida, and through the Gulf States to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Dry sterile soil, woods. Cullman, 
Chilton, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers wine-purple; August, September. 
Rather frequent in the pine barrens. 
Type locality: *‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria scariosa (L.) Hill, Veg. Syst.4:49. 1762. COMMON BLAZING STAR, 
Serratula scariosa L. Sp. Pl. 2:818, 1753. 
Liatris scariosa Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1635. 1804. 
Ell. Sk. 2:280. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. FIN, A. I, pt. 
2:110. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 182. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota and 
Nebraska; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, sonth to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Dry open woods. Lauderdale County. 
Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers deep pink or pale purple: August, September. 
Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab, in Virginia.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria scariosa squarrulosa (Michx.) Small, Mem. Torr, Club, 4: 128, 1894, 
Liatris squarrulosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2:92, 1803. 
L. heterophylla R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4:5038. 1815. 
Ell. Sk. 2:281,in part. Gray, Syn. F1.N.A.1, pt.2:110. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb, 
2: 182. 
Carolinian area. North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Wooded rocky hillsides. ‘Talladega County, 
Chandler Springs, on exposed rocks, 1,500 feet altitude. Alpine Mountain, near 
Renfroe, 1,000 feet. Flowers purple; September. Not frequent; never seen in the 
low country. Twelve to 18 inches high. 
Type locality not given, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:349. 1891. 
SPIKED BUTTON SNAKEROOT, 
Serratula spicata L.Sp.V1l.2:819. 1753. 
Liatris spicata Willd, Sp, Pl. 3: 1636. 1804. 
Ell. Sk. 2:273. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 2438. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A.1, pt. 
2:111. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and southern New England, west to 
Michigan and Minnesota, west and south from New York to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, 
Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Shelby County, Calera. Chilton, Bald- 
win, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale rose color. Septeriber, October; frequent, 
Three to 4 feet high. Common in the ilat, damp pine barrens near the coast, the in- 
volucral bracts here frequently covered with a resinous exudation (Liatris resinosa 
Nutt, ). 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria graminifolia (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1.1:349. 1891. 
NARROW-LEAF BLAZING STAR. 
Anonymos graminifolius Walt. Fl. Car. 197. 1788. 
Liatris graminifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.2:508. 1814. Not Willd. 1804. 
ELL. Sk. 2:274. Gray, Man.ed.6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 
2:111. 
Carolinian area. Virginia, along the coast to the middle and upper country of 
South Carolina and Georgia. 
