774 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Solidago odora Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:214. 1789. SWEET-SCENTED GOLDEN-ROD, 
Solidago retrorsa Michx. Vl. Bor, Am. 2: 117, 1803. 
KL. Sk. 2:376. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 249. Chap. FL 215. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 
2:150. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 189. 
MEXICO. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern New England. Rare in the Ohio 
Valley, south along the coast to Florida, and trom Tennessee to the Gulf, west to 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: From the Mountain region to the Coast plain. Dry sandy or gravelly 
soil, open woods. Also abundant in dry sandy pine barrens. July, August; com- 
mon. When bruised, of a sweet anise-like odor. 
Type locality: ‘Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago odora inodora Gray, Man. ed. 5, 244. 1867. SCENTLESS GOLDEN-ROD. 
A form with somewhat broader leaves, less punctate, and odorless when bruised. 
In Alabama contined to the higher mountain ridges. Clay County, Che-aw-ha 
Mountain, 2,400 feet altitude, Rare. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago fistulosa Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no. 19. 1768. VILLOUS GOLDEN-ROD, 
Solidago pilosa Walt. Il. Car, 207. 1788. Not Mill. 
S. pyramidata Pursh, Fl. Am, Sept. 2:537, 1814, 
S. villosa Ell. Sk. 2:372. 1821-24. 
El. Sk. loc. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 249. Chap. Fl. 218. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A. 1, pt. 
2: 151, 
Jarolinian and Louisianian areas, New Jersey and Virginia, south along the low 
country to Florida and Lonisiana. . 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp borders of ponds and swamps. Baldwin and 
Mobile counties. Flowers September to November. Common. 
Type locality: “Grows naturally in North America.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago erecta Pursh, Fl. Am, Sept. 2:512. 1816. Ereer GOoLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago speciosa var. angustata Vorr. & Gray, PLN. A. 22205, 1842, 
KW. Sk. 2:385. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 249. Chap, FI.210. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 
2:152. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:180. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Minnesota to New England; Ohio Valley to 
Tennessee and along the mountains to Georgia, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Madison County, Montesano, 1,200 feet altitude. 
Dry open woods. Cullman County, 800 feet altitude, Calhoun County, Anniston. 
Talladega County, Chandler Springs, rocky ridges, 1,200 feet. September, October. 
Not common, 
Type locality: ‘In North America,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago patula Mulhil.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3:2059, 1804. STAG REEN-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD, 
Gray, Man. ed.6, 249. Chap. FI211. Gray, Syn, FILON, A. 1, pt. 2:152, Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 189. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; Ohio to Minnesota, south to Tennes- 
see and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Swampy thickets. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § 
Earle). Flowers October; 3 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago salicina E11]. Sk. 2:389. 1s21. WILLOW GOLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago patula var. sfrictula Torr. & Gray, FIN. A. 22218. 1s42, 
MIL Sk.lec. Chap. FL 212.) Gray, Syn. PLN. A. 1, pt. 22 152, 
Louisianian area, Georgia to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Coast plain. Damp places. Lee 
County, Auburn (7°. 8. Marle). Mobile County, Bay shell road. September; rare. 
Type locality: “Common in the oak land in the western distriets of Georgia,” 
Ilerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago amplexicaulis Torr. & Gray, F1.N. A. 2:218, 1842, 
CLASPING-LEAK GOLDEN-ROD. 
Chap. F1.218.) Gray, Syn. bl N. A. 1, pt. 22158, 
Carolinian area, Florida to Louisiana. 
