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ALABAMA: Lower hills. Wooded banks. Tuscaloosa County. October. 
Type locality indeterminate. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster lateriflorus pendulus (Ait.) Burgess in Britt. & Br. Ill. F1.3:380, 1898, 
[ster pendulus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 20d. 1789. 
Carolinian area, New York, Virginia. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills, Tuscaloosa County. Flowers in October. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Aster tradescanti L. Sp. Pl. 2: 876. 1753. TR: ADESCANT’S ASTER. 
Ell Sk. 2:358. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261, in part. Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 2: 187. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area, Ontario to Saskate hewan; southern New Eng- 
land, and throughout the States east of the Mississippi to Carolina and Georgia. 
AL ABAM A: So far known in Alabama only trom Tuscaloosa County, there collected 
by E. A, Smith, 
Type ‘Vooality. : “Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. ¢ 
Aster salicifolius subasper (Lindl].) Gray, Syn. FlN. A. 1, pt. 2: 188, 1884. 
ROUGHISH WILLOW-LEAF ASTER, 
Aster subasper Lindl. Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1:97, 1835, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,261. Gray,l.e. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 196. 
Carolinian area. Illinois and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Deep grassy banks along streams. 
Cullman County, Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Boguehor ma Creek. Flowers 
white; October. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘St. Louis,” Mo. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Aster paniculatus Lam. Encycl.1:306, 1783, PANICULATE ASTER, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261. Chap. FI. ed. 3, 222. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Canada; from the Atlantic west to the Rocky 
Mountains; from New England west to Nebraska, south to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: : Mountain region to Coast plain. Low grassy banks. Cullinan County. 
Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Chickasaha Creek. Flowers pale parple; Octo- 
ber. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Cette Astére croit dans Amérique septentrionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Aster tenuifolius L. Sp. Pl. 2: 873. 1753. SALT-MARSH ASTER. 
Aster flecuosus Nutt. Gen. 2:154. 1818. 
Ell, Sk, 2:343. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 206; ed. 3, 224. Gray, Syn. FL 
N.A.1, pt. 2: 202. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Coast of Massachusetts to Florida, west to 
Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain and Littoral region, slightly brackish and saline marshes. 
West shore of Mobile Bay, near Dog River; ‘West Fowl River. Flowers, October; 
rare, 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster exilis Ell. Sk. 2:344. 1821. SEASIDE ASTER. 
Tripolium divaricatum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1:296. 1834. 
Aster divaricatus Torr. & Gray. Fl. N. A.2:163. 1841, Not L. 
Ell. 8k. 1c. Chap. Fl. 205; ed.3,225. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 203. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low wet exposed places, borders of ditches and marshes. 
Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers pale purplish blue (lilac). October, Novem- 
ber. Common. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in damp soils in the western districts of Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster subulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 111. 1803. SPREADING ASTER, 
Aster linifolius Torr. & Gray, Fl. N.A.2:162. 1841. Not L. 
Ell. Sk. 2:345. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 205; ed.3,224. Gray, Syn. FI. 
N.A.1, pt. 2: 204. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Coast of New England to Florida. 
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