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Heterotheca COMPOSITAE SoUdago 



Heterotheca Cass. 



H. subaxillaris (Lam.) Britton & Rusby. 



Common weed in dry pastures and on roadsides, Worcester 

 County, and northward to central Kent (Del.) and northern Caro- 

 line Counties. 



An introduction from the southern states, spreading rather 

 rapidly northward, and now reaching its northern limit for the 

 Peninsula as noted above. (Also abundant for several miles along 

 highway (Route 44), s. w. of Westville, Gloucester County, N. J.) 

 Aug., mid-Sept. .. ' - 



Chrysopsis Nutt. Golden Aster. ' 



C. nervosa (Willd.) Fern. (C graminifolia of authors, not Mx.) 



Ell. See Rhodora 44, 464-475. 1942.) 



Infrequent, in sandy pine barrens and open pine woods, on the 



Coastal Plain, from Cape Charles northward to Sussex County, 



where it reaches the northern hmit of its range. Sept., mid-Oct. 



Var. stenolepis Fern. 



Rare: open pine woods along Tonytank Creek, 2^ mi. s. 

 of Salisbury (Wi), R. R. Tatnall, 3971, 8 Sept. 1938 (T, G), 

 cited by Fernald, 1. c, as transitional. 



C. mariana (L.) Nutt. 



Common in dry, sandy soil, throughout our range. Sept., Oct. 



Solidago L. Goldenrod. 



S. squarrosa Muhl. 



Rare; one known station: rocky bank along railroad, opposite 

 Speakman's millpond, 0.3 mi. n. of Mt. Cuba Station. First col- 

 lected here by Commons, 7 Oct. 1864 (D, A) ; several collections by 

 the writer, in 1932 to 1940 (T, A, G). Late Aug., Sept. 



S. caesia L. Woodland Goldenrod. 



Common in deciduous woods of the Piedmont; less frequent in 

 sandy woods of the Coastal Plain, as far south as Kent County, 

 Del. Sept., mid-Oct. 



S. latifolia L. {S. flexicaulis L., in part.) 



Infrequent, in rocky woods of the Piedmont. Sept. to mid- 

 Oct. 



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