Solidago COMPOSITAE Solidago 



S. bicolor L. White Goldenrod. 



Common in dry soil, in the northern part of our range; less 

 common southward to Cape Charles. Late Aug. to mid-Oct. 



Var. ovalis Farwell. (S. hispida Muhl.) 



Infrequent, New Castle and Cecil Counties. 



S. erecta Pursh. 



Frequent in dry pine woods, and on sandy roadsides, Talbot and 

 Sussex Counties, and southward to Cape Charles. Mid-Aug., Sept. 



S. puberula Nutt. 



Infrequent, in open, sandy soil. Coastal Plain of Cecil, New 

 Castle and Kent (Del.) Counties. Sept. 



S. striata Ait. 



Rare: pine barren swamps near Gumboro (S), Commons, 24 Sept. 

 1874 (A). Cited by E. Tatnall (MS Catalog) from CoHins Beach 

 (NC), Commons in 1865, and Townsend (NC), Tatnall & Commons, 

 in 1896, specimens not seen. 



S. speciosa Nutt. Showy Goldenrod. 



Rare: near Rock Springs (Ce), J. J. Carter, 23 Sept. 1905 (A). 

 Records (in E. Tatnall, MS Catalog) of this upland species, from 

 Vandyke (NC), Commons & Tatnall in 1894, and of var. angustata 

 from McCrone's Swamp, Farnhurst (NC), Canhy in 1865, are per- 

 haps to be referred to ;S. puherula; specimens not seen. 



Vf \/S. sempervirens L. Seaside Goldenrod. 



Common in seashore sands, and on brackish tidal river shores, 

 throughout. Mid-Aug. to late Sept. 



S. patula Muhl. 



Infrequent, in swamps and along streams, chiefly in the Pied- 

 mont; one collection from Sussex County: Georgetown, Commons, 

 1 Sept. 1896 (A). Aug., Sept. 



S. arguta Ait. 



Infrequent; banks, woods and thickets. New Castle and Cecil 

 Counties, in both provinces. Late July to early Sept. 



S. ludoviciana (Gray) Small. 



Rare: pine woods n. w. of Oyster (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 



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