784 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central prairies. Dry fields. Montgomery County. Dallas County, 
Marion Junction, open prairies. Flowers white; October. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb Mohr. 
Aster dumosus |. Sp. Pl. 22873. 1753. Busuy ASTER. 
EM. Sk.2:347. Gray, Man. ed. 6,260. Chap. FI. 208, Gray, Syn. FIN, A. 1, pt. 2: 
ikd. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 196. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario; New England to Michigan; 
Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shaded grassy banks, damp or dry 
sandy soil, Cullman and Mobile counties. Rays pale violet, almost white; Octo- 
ber. Common; abundant on the grassy banks along pine-barren streams. 
Type locality: ‘* Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Aster dumosus coridifolius (Michx.) Torr. & Gray, FI.N.A.2:128. 1841. 
MANY-LEAVED Busny ASTER. 
Aster coridifolius Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 2: 112. 18038, 
A, foliolosus EM. Sk, 2:845, 1821-24. Not Ait. 
EM. Sk. lee. Chap. FL 208. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2: 186. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina and Florida to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain, Low damp exposed places, bor- 
ders of ditches, swamps in low pine barrens. Montgomery, Dallas, Baldwin, and 
Mohile counties. © Flower rays white; October, November. Abundant in the prai- 
ries and damp ilat pine barrens near the coast. Passes gradually into the following. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in aridis sylvarum Carolinae inferioris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster dumosus subulaefolius Torr. & Gray, I'l. N.A.2:128. 1841. 
SMALL-LEAF Bustly ASTER. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 196. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina; Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, Coast plain. Low open pine barrens. Rays 
white; October. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Texas, Dreammond! Western Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth 1” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster vimineus foliolosus (Ait.) Gray, Syn. Fl.N.A.1, pt. 2: 186. 
MANY-LEAVED WILLOW ASTER, 
Aster foliolosus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 202. 1789, 
A, fenuifolius WL Sk.2:347. Not L. 
KM. Sk. Le. Gray, Man. ed. 6,261. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 186. 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area, Ontario, New England, west to Minnesota, Mis- 
souri, and Arkansas, south to Florida and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Dampopen woods, Cullman County. Lee County, 
Auburn (#8. Larle). September. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 9:10, 1889. 
DIFFUSE ASTER, 
Solidago lateriflora L. 8p. P1.2:879. 1753. 
Aster diffusus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:205. 1789, 
Aster miser Nutt. Gen. 2:158. 1818. 
Gray, Man. ed 6, 261.) Chap. FI. 203; ed.3, 222.) Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2: 186. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 196. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario; throughout the Eastern 
United States, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County. Talladega 
County, Alpine Mountains. Lee County, Auburn, 860 feet. Not observed in the low 
country. Not frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab. in America septentrionali. Kalm.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Aster lateriflorus glomerellus (Torr. & Gray) Burgess in Britt. & Br. I. Fl, 3: 380, 
1898, 
clster miser var, qlomerellus Torr, & Gray, FL N.A. 2, pt. 12180. 1841. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York, Virginia. 
