Lactuca COMPOSITAE Prenanthes 



L. spicata (Lam.) Hitchc. 



Infrequent, in low ground, Piedmont, and just south of the Fall 

 Line. Late Aug., Sept. 



Pyrrhopappus DC. False Dandelion. 



P. carolinianus (Walt.) DC. 



Rare, in dry fields in the southern part of the Peninsula: Mills- 



boro (S), Commons, 18 June 1875 (A); Cape Charles City (No), 



Canhy, July 1894 (D); Chincoteague Island (Ac), True, 27 June 



1928 (P). 



A southern species, reaching its northeastern limit in Sussex 



County. 



Crepis L. Hawk's Beard. 



C. capUlaris (L.) Wallr. 



Rare: grassy bank, Marshallton (NC), Otis, 27 June 1916 (A); 

 roadside, IM mi. n. e. of Kenton (K), R. R. Tatnall, 1455, 4 July 

 1932, and 1867, 8 June 1933 (T, A, P, G). Adv. from Europe. 



Prenanthes L. Rattlesnake Root. 



P. autumnalis Walt. (P. virgata Mx.) 



Infrequent, in sandy soil, Sussex, Worcester and Wicomico 

 Counties. Sept., Oct. 



P. alba L. 



Rare, on wooded slopes, in or near the Piedmont province: 

 along Octoraro Creek, north of Cecil Paper Mill (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 

 218, 23 Sept. 1928 (T, A) ; slope of Iron Hill, west of Cooch's Bridge 

 (NC), Benner, 9508, 5 Oct. 1940 (A). Sept., early Oct. 



P. serpentaria Pursh. Lion's Foot. 



Infrequent, in dry woods and thickets of the Coastal Plain, from 

 the Fall Line to Talbot and Sussex Counties. Sept., mid-Oct. 



P. trifoliolata (Cass.) Fern. Gall-of-the-Earth. 



Infrequent, in woods, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain southward 

 to Cape Charles City. Mid-Aug., Sept. 



P. altissima L. 



Infrequent, in rich woodlands of the Piedmont province. Sept., 



early Oct. 



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