768 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Summits of the higher ridges on bare rocks. Cal- 
houn County, highest ridges near Anniston. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 
1,200 to 1,500 feet. Alpine Mountain Signal Station, 1,800 feet. Clay County, 
rocky banks Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet; near Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet altitude. 
Cullman County, 800 feet. Flowers pale rose; September, One to 14 feet high; 
not rare. In tufts from the contluent irregularly shaped rootstocks. Not observed 
outside of the mountainous region, 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Lacinaria graminifolia pilosa (Ait.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:314. 1894. 
Serratula pilosa Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 138, 1789, 
Liatris graminifolia var. dubia Gray, Man, ed. 2, 185. 1856. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 243. Gray, Syn. Fla. N.A.1, pt. 2: 111. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area, Coast of New Jersey to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Damp gravelly or sandy soil. 
Autauga County, near Prattville. Chilton County, Verbena. Mobile County. 
Flowers, September, October; frequent. One and one-half to 34 feet high. Common 
in the low pine barrens of the coast, where it is found from 2 to 34 feet high, 
Glabrous, with larger heads and intlorescence often panicled, 
Type locality: ‘Native of North America.” 
Lacinaria tenuifolia (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen, P1.1:349, 1891. 
SLENDER-LEAVED BLAZING STAR, 
Lacinaria tenuifolia Nutt. Gen, Pl. 2:131. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:275. Chap. FI. 191.) Gray, Syn. PLN. ALL, pt. 22112. 1884. 
Carolinian area. Carolina to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry woods. Walker County (#. Ad. Smith), Flow- 
ers August; local and rare. 
Type locality: ‘In the sandy forests of North and South Carolina,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Gacinaria gracilis lursh, I'l. Am. Sept. 2:508. 1814, SLENDER BLAZING STAR, 
Liatris pauciflosculosa Nutt, Journ, Acad, Phila, 7:71. 1834. Chap. Fl.191. Gray, 
Syn. FLN.A.1, pt.2:111. 
Louisianian urea. Georgia and llorida to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Baldwin and Mobile 
counties. llowers purple; September, October. Frequent. One and one-half to 
3 feet high. Frequently more or less panicled. 
Economic uses: Highly ornamental, 
Type locality: “In Georgia. Bartram.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
TRILISA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1818:140. 1818. 
Two species, perennials; South Atlantic North America. 
Trilisa odoratissima (Walt.) Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1818:140. 1818. 
VANILLA PLANT. SWEET-SCENTED DEERTONGUE. 
Anonymos odoratissima Walt. Fl. Car. 198. 1788, 
Liatris odoratissima Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:93. 1803. 
Ell. Sk, 2:283, Gray, Man, ed, 6, 243, Chap, Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A.1, pt. 
2:115. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, along the coast to Florida 
and eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt and Coast plain, Clark, Butler, Choctaw, Monroe, Wash- 
ington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties, Flowers August, October. Abundant in the 
flat pine barrens of the coast plain, 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol, Sury, Herb. Mohr. 
CARPHEPHORUS Cass, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816: 198. 1816. 
Three species, perennials, southeastern North America, 
Carphephorus pseudo-liatris Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816: 198, 1816, 
Louisianian area, Florida to Mississippi. 
