Sericocarpus COMPOSITAE Antennaria 



S. linifolius (L.) BSP, (*S. soUdagineus Nees.) 



Frequent in fields, low ground, and borders of brackish marshes, 

 Piedmont and Coastal Plain, southward to Worcester County. 

 Mid-June to mid-Aug. 



Baccharis L. Groundsel Tree. 

 B. halimifolia L. 



Very common in coastal sands and salt marshes, from the Fall 

 Line to Cape Charles; infrequent inland. Sept. to mid-Oct. 



Pluchea Cass. Marsh Fleabane. 

 P. foetida (L.) DC. 



Common in low woods, bogs and dune hollows, Sussex County, 

 and southward to Cape Charles. Aug. to mid-Oct. 



P. purpurascens (Sw.) DC. var. succulenta Fern. (P. camphorata 

 of manuals. See Fernald: Rhodora 44, 227-228. 1942.) 

 Salt Marsh Fleabane. 



Common in salt marshes, and on the shores of Delaware River 

 and Bay, and Atlantic Ocean; less frequent in fresh to brackish 

 estuaries along Chesapeake Bay. Sept. to mid-Oct. 



P. camphorata (L.) DC. (P. petiolata Cass. See Fernald: Rho- 

 dora 41, 459. 1939.) 

 Rare, in fresh- water swamps and on borders of brackish marshes : 

 Cypress Swamp e. of Gumboro (S), Commons in 1875 and 1877 (A); 

 Oak Orchard (S), Fernald & Long, 4250, 11 Aug. 1934 (P); near 

 Martins Siding (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5547, 13 Oct. 1935 (P). 



Gifola Cass. Cotton Rose. 



G. germanica (L.) Dumort. Herba Impia. 



Rare or overlooked, in dry fields, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain 

 in Sussex County. Apparently not collected since 1895. July to 

 Sept. Nat. from Europe. 



Antennaria Gaertner. Ladies' Tobacco. 



A. Parlinii Fern. 



Frequent throughout, in dry woods and on open roadsides. 

 Late April, May. 



A. plantaginifolia (L.) Richards. 



Common on rocky hillsides in the Piedmont, and sandy woods 



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