Aster COMPOSITAE Aster 



the Fall Line southward to Wicomico County; rare farther south: 

 clearing s. of Townsend (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5538, 14 Oct. 

 1935 (P, U). Mid-Sept, to mid-Oct. 



Var. litoreus Gray. 



Rare: salt marsh 3 mi. n. of Bethany Beach (S), R. R. Tat- 

 nail, 3219, 19 Oct. 1936 (T, P, G). 



A. puniceus L. Purple-stemmed Aster. 



Common in swamps and ditches, throughout New Castle 

 County; rare, or its collection neglected, farther south: Millsboro 

 (S), Commons, 25 Sept. 1877 (A); meadow just s. w. of Easton 

 (Ta), Earle, 3986, 1 Oct. 1944 (P). Late Aug. to early Oct. 



A. prenanthoides Muhl. 



Rare: damp, wooded hillside, Newark (NC), George R. Proctor, 

 1233, 16 Sept. 1944 (P). Records from New Castle County, by E. 

 Tatnall (MS Catalog), as "borders of moist woods, frequent," are 

 probably to be referred to A. puniceus; no specimens seen. 



A. umbellatus Mill. {Diplopappus umhellatus Hooker.) 



Rather infrequent, in low thickets. Piedmont, and southward on 

 the Coastal Plain to Caroline and Talbot Counties. Mid-Aug. to 

 early Oct. 



A. infirmus Mx. (Diplopappus cornifoUus Less.) 



Infrequent, in dry, open woods, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain 

 southward to Kent Co., Md. Late July, Aug. 



A. linariifolius L. (Diplopappus linariifolius (L.) Greene.) Stiff- 

 leaved Aster. 

 Frequent, on dry, sandy banks and coastal dunes. Piedmont, and 

 southward to Wicomico County. Early Sept., Oct. 



A. nemoralis Ait. 



One collection: swamp e. of Frankford (S), "scarce," Commons, 

 10 Sept. 1875 (A). 



A. tenuifolius L. Large-flowered Salt Marsh Aster. 



Common in salt marshes and estuaries along the coasts of the 

 Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, between 

 Cape Charles and southeastern New Castle County. Sept., mid- 

 Oct. 



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