Potentilla ROSACEAE Ruhus 



X P. recta L. 



Frequent; fields and roadsides, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain, 

 southward at least to Worcester County. Late May, June. Nat. 

 from Europe. j ^^i-J-^vwWV'-V.,- 



P. canadensis L. (P. pumila of authors. See Rhodora 33, 180- 

 191. 1931.) 



Infrequent, in dry soil, Piedmont, and southward on the Coastal 

 Plain to Talbot and Sussex Counties. Late April, May. 



P. simplex (Mx.) var. calvescens Fern. (P. canadensis of authors.) 

 Frequent in dry or moist sandy soil. Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain southward to Talbot County. June, July. 



P. reptans L. 



One collection: banks of White Clay Creek above Newark (NC), 

 Commons, 2 June 1896 (A). Adv. from Europe. 



Geum L. Avens. 



G. canadense Jacq. (G. album Gmel.) 



Frequent in rich woods of the Piedmont; occasional on the 

 Coastal Plain: near the Choptank River, n. w. of Trappe (Ta), 

 Earle, 2759, 6 July 1940 (P). Late June, July. 



G. virginianum L. (G. flavum (Porter) Bicknell.) 



Infrequent throughout, in dry woods. Late June to Aug. 



G. laciniatum Murray. (G. virginianum of authors. See Rhodora 

 37, 292. 1935.) 

 Infrequent; marshes and ditch banks, New Castle and Cecil 

 Counties. Mid-May, June. 



Rubus L. Blackberries and Raspberries. 



R. occidentalis L. Black Raspberry. 



Frequent in thickets and fencerows, especially northward. May. 



R. phoenicolasius Maxim. Wineberry. 



Frequently escaping to roadsides, and well established. Introd. 

 from Japan. 



R. odoratus L. Purple-flowering Raspberry. 



Infrequent, in rocky woods of the Piedmont area. June, July. 



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