Cacalia COMPOSITAE Arctium 



C. atriplicifolia L. Indian Plantain. 



Infrequent, in pastures, thickets and open woods of the Pied- 

 mont province; rare on the Coastal Plain: along outlet of Purnell 

 Pond, n. e. of Snow Hill (Wo), True, 30 June 1928 (P); woods }4 

 mi. e. of Wattsville (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 4358, 10 Aug. 1939 (T). 

 Mid-July to early Sept. 



Senecio L. Groundsel. Ragwort. 

 S. vulgaris L. Common Groundsel. 



Infrequent, in waste ground, Sussex County, and southward to 

 Cape Charles. Mid-April, May. Nat. from Europe. 



S. aureus L. Golden Ragwort. 



Common, in wet meadows, swamps and low woods, chiefly in the 

 Piedmont province; rather rare on the Coastal Plain: woods 1 mi. 

 e. of Coldwell Corners (NC), Long, 48434, 16 May 1936 (A); wet 

 roadside 1 mi. s. w. of Kenton (K), R. R. Tatnall, 2464, 20 April 

 1935 (T, G), and 3259, 29 April 1937 (T, P); IM mi. e. of Watts- 

 ville (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 4441, 28 April 1940 (T, G). Late April, 

 May. 



Var. gracilis (Pursh) Wood. 



Infrequent, in meadows of the Piedmont; also near Cooch's 

 Mill (NC), Commons, 29 May 1896 (A). 



S. pauperculus Mx. var. Balsamitae (Muhl.) Fern. 



Infrequent, on serpentine and open, sandy soil, Piedmont, and 

 Coastal Plain near the Fall Line. May. 



S. Smallii Britton. 



Infrequent, in serpentine barrens of New Castle and Cecil 

 Counties. A specimen from pine woods s. of Bay View (No), 

 seems to belong here: R. R. Tatnall, 1791, 28 May 1933 (T, P). 

 Late May to early July. 



S. tomentosus Mx. Woolly Ragwort. 



Frequent in dry, sandy soil, pine woods, ditches and wet mea- 

 dows of the Coastal Plain, from southeastern New Castle County 

 to Accomac County. May to early July. 



Arctium L. Burdock. 

 A. minus (Hill) Bernh. Common Burdock. 



Common weed in waste ground of the northern counties; also, 



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