Rudheckia COMPOSITAE Helianthus 



Plain at least as far south as Talbot and Sussex Counties. Mid- 

 June, July. "Introduced with seed from the West." 



R. Brittonii Small. 



One collection: dooryard, Sharptown (Wi), Otis, 20 July 1914 

 (D). 



R. fulgida Ait. 



Infrequent, in dry soil of the Piedmont area, and along the Fall 

 Line. Mid-Aug., Sept. 



R. speciosa Wenderoth. 



One collection: moist soil, Lewes (S), Commons, 26 Aug. 1895 

 (A). 



R. laciniata L. Golden Glow. 



Frequent in low ground, Piedmont and Coastal Plain southward 

 to Wicomico County. Late July to Sept. 



R. triloba L. Brown-eyed Susan. 



One collection, probably an escape from cultivation: near 

 Easton (Ta), Earle, 3959, 27 Sept. 1944 (P). 



Borrichia Adans. Sea Ox-eye. 

 B. frutescens (L.) DC. 



Infrequent, in shallow salt water and on borders of salt marshes. 

 Mid-July to early Oct. 



A southern species, reaching its northern limit in Accomac 

 County. 



Helianthus L. Sunflower. 



H. annuus L. Common Sunflower. 



Cultivated, and often escaping to waste ground. Two "starved" 

 specimens, with disks about an inch in diameter, were found on 

 roadside, IM cai- s. w. of Wooddale (NC), just w. of Gap-and- 

 Newport turnpike, R. R. Tatnall, 1641, 17 Sept. 1932, (T, G). 

 July to Sept. 



H. angustifolius L. Narrow-leaved Sunflower. 



Frequent in sandy swamps, meadows and dune hollows, chiefly 

 along the coast, southern New Castle County to Worcester County. 

 Sept., early Oct. 



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