Aster COMPOSITAE Sericocarpus 



A. subulatus Mx. Small-flowered Salt Marsh Aster, 



Common in the same habitats as the preceding species, from 

 the Fall Line to the Cape Charles area. Late Aug. to mid-Oct. 



Erigeron L. Fleabane. 

 E. pulchellus Mx. (E. helUdifolius Muhl.) Robin's Plantain. 



Frequent in fields, meadows and woods of the Piedmont; one 

 station on the Coastal Plain: near Greenbackville (Wo), A. V. 

 Smith, in Rhodora 42, 280. 1940. May, early June. 



•^' E. philadelphicus L. Daisy Fleabane. 



Frequent in fields and on moist banks of the Piedmont; rare on 

 the Coastal Plain: Long Point, 5}/^ mi. w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 

 1470, 30 May 1937 (P); roadside 1 mi. s. of Choptank Mills (K), R. 

 R. Tatnall, 4:54:4:, 1 July 1940 (T). June, early July. <j^,aj^ ^, 



E. vernus (L.) T. & G. Ku{k/>\\ 



One station: swamps, Cape Charles City (No), Canhy, June 

 1894 (D). 



E. annuus (L.) Pers. Daisy Fleabane. 



Common weed of fields, roadsides and waste places in the north- 

 ern part; local southward on the Coastal Plain: 4 mi. n. e. of Trappe 

 (Ta), Earle, 2785, 6 July 1940 (P); 3^ mi. s. of Beaverdam (Wo), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 4241, 10 June 1939 (T). June, mid-July. 



E. strigosus Muhl. {E. ramosus (Walt.) BSP.) 



Frequent; fields and roadsides of the Coastal Plain, from the 

 Fall Line to the Virginia boundary. June to mid-July. 



E. canadensis L. Canada Fleabane. 



Common weed in fields and waste places, throughout. Late 

 June to mid-Oct. 



E. pusillus Nutt. 



Infrequent in sandy soil, especially on coastal dunes, Sussex and 

 Worcester Counties. Mid- Aug., Sept. 



Sericocarpus Nees. White-topped Aster. 



S. asteroides (L.) BSP. {S. conyzoides Nees.) 



Common in dry woods and thickets, throughout. Late June, 



July. 



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