THISTLE FAMILY. G75 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Lower hills. Rich shady woods, 
rocky banks. Lauderdale County, near Florence; bluffs on the Tennessee River. 
Madison County, Montesano, near the spring, 1,500 feet. Talladega County, Alpine 
Mountain, 2,000 feet, shaded rocky banks, copious. Winston County, 1,500 feet alti- 
tude. September, October. Not rare. Never seen in the low country. 
Type locality: ‘‘Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth! Missouri, Mr, Duerinck? (Also? 
Middle Florida, Dr. Chapman!).” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. . 
Solidago rugosa Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no. 25, 1768. Higuw GOLDEN-ROD, 
Solidago altissima Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:212. 1789. Not L. 
S. rillosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:537. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 2:372. Gray, Man. ed. 6,249. Chap. FL. 212.) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:153. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 189. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; Ontario to 
Lake Superior; Minnesota south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp thickets, borders of low fields. September, 
October. Common. 
Type locality: “Grows naturally in New England.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago ulmifolia Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 2060. 18C4, ELM-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD. 
Ell. Sk. 2:373. Pursh, FL Am. Sept. 2:5388. Gray, Man.ed.6, 250. Chap. Fl. 212. 
Gray, Syu. FI.N.A.1, pt.2:153. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 189. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England west to lowa, southern Ohio 
Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, and along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Prairie belt. Rich copses. Talladega 
County, Alpine Mountain, 1,200 feet. Dallas County, Marion Junction, September, 
October. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘* Hab.in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago neglecta Torr. & Gray, FI.N.A.2:213. 1842. SMooTIE GOLDEN-ROD. 
Gray, Man, ed. 6, 250. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 154, 
Allechenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, New Brunswick ; Maine to Minnesota, 
New York and Ohio to Illinois. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills, Lee County, Auburn (Baker & 
Earle), September, 1896. Only locality known in the State. 
Type locality: ‘In swamps, Massachusetts! and New York! to North Carolina! 
and Indiana!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago boottii Hook. Comp, Bot, Mag. 1:97. 1855. BooTr’s GOLDEN-ROD, 
Gray, Man. ed, 6, 250. Chap. PL212. Gray, Syn. FL N, A. 1, pt.2:154. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 190. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Virginia to Georgia and Flor- 
ida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry woods. Lee 
County, Auburn (Larle), Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Washington, Escambia, 
and Mobile counties. August to October. Frequent in the pine barrens, 
Type locality: ‘Louisiana,’ (Drummond.) 
Herb. Molir. 
Solidago yadkinensis (Porter) Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 368. 1895, 
Solidago boottii yadkinensis Porter, Bull. Torr, Club, 19; 129, 1892. 
Slender, glabrous, from a chatty rootstock; stem 1} to 3 feet high; leaves lanceo- 
late to linear, acute, acuminate; petioles winged, 2 to 4 inches long; the cauline 
leaves sessile, acute at the apex, with a few distant teeth, involucre campanulate, 
25 to 35 flowered; involucral bracts oblong-linear, obtuse, with a dark green mid- 
rib; achenes pubescent with few spreading hairs, 
Carolinian area, North Carolina and Georgia. 
ALABAMA : Mountain region. Open woods and copses. Jackson County, Pisgah. 
Type locality: ‘‘Collected on the Yadkin River, North Carolina, by Messrs. Small 
& Heller, Aug, 18, 1891.” 
Herb. Biltmore. 
Solidago brachyphylla Chap.; Torr. & Gray, FIN, A.2:218. 1842, 
SHUORT-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD 
Solidago boottii var. brachyphylla Gray, Proce. Am. Acad, 17: 195, 1882. 
Chap. FI213.) Gray, Syn. FIN. ALT, pt. 22 1d, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Georgia and Florida to Mississippt. 
