Solidago COMPOSITAE Aster 



S. graminifolia (L.) Salisb. Bushy Goldenrod. 



Common in low ground in the Piedmont of Cecil and New Castle 

 Counties, and on coastal dunes, beaches and salt meadows of Kent 

 (Del.), Sussex and Worcester Counties. Late Aug. to early Oct. 



Var. NuttalUi (Greene) Fern. See Rhodora 10, 92. 1908. 



Fields and meadows, from the Fall Line southward to Talbot 

 County (Earle). i^A^-vv ^^w.c y» *// . 



S. caroliniana (L.) BSP. (S. minor of manuals. See Fernald: 

 Rhodora 46, 323-330. 1944.) 

 Rare, in dry, sandy soil: Salisbury (Wi), Commons, 2 Sept. 1871 

 (U); between Quantico (Wi) and Salisbury, Tidestrom, 7437, 20 

 Sept. 1914 (U); near Capeville (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5529, 

 Sept. 1937 (P, U). 



S. tenuifolia Pursh. See Fernald, 1. c. 



Common in salt marshes and dune hollows of the Atlantic coast, 

 from southeastern New Castle County to Cape Charles City; also 

 inland, in dry, sandy fields. Late Aug. to mid-Oct. 



S. gymnospermoides (Greene) Fern. See Rhodora 39, pp. 456, 484, 

 488. 1937. 

 One collection: open thicket back of salt marsh, east of East- 

 ville (No), Fernald & Long, 5528, 12 Oct. 1935. 



Boltonia L'H6r. 



B. asteroides (L.) L'H^r. See Fernald : Rhodora 42, 482-487. 1940.) 

 Rare: rocky island in Susquehanna River, Conowingo, J. 

 Crawford, 29 July 1924 (A). 



Var. glastifolia (Hill) Fern. 



Infrequent, in wet ground on the Coastal Plain, Kent (Del.), 

 Sussex, Talbot and Wicomico Counties. Aug., Sept. 



Aster L. 

 A. divaricatus L. White Wood Aster. 



Common in rich woodlands of the Piedmont. Sept., Oct. 



A. Schreberi Nees. 



Local, in moist, shaded ground of the Piedmont: Centreville 

 (NC), Commons, 12 Oct. 1873 (A); Mt. Cuba (NC), J. Crawford, 

 24 Sept. 1895 (A); Rock Springs (Ce), J. J. Carter, 5 Aug. 1905 



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