84 FLORA OF VERMONT 



ANTHEMIS 

 A. Cotula, DC. Mayweed. Waste places ; common. 



ARCTIUM. Burdock 



A. Lappa, L. (A. Lappa, L. var. majus, Gray.) Waste places ; frequent, 

 especially in mountain towns. 



A. minus, Bernh. (A. Lappa, L. var. minus, Gray. ) Waste places; common. 

 A burdock with webbed heads, Manchester, Miss Dag, represents the 

 form known as var. tomentosum, Gray. M. L. Fernald says, however, 

 that it is not the real A. tomentosum of Europe and is not to be separ- 

 ated from A. minus. 



ARTEMISIA. Wormwood 



A. Absinthium, L. Dry hills and roadsides ; occasional. 



A. biennis, Willd. Introduced along railways ; occasional. 



A. Canadensis, Michx. " Willoughby Lake," A. Wood; Smuggler's Notch-, 

 Pringle; slaty shore of northern Lake Champlain, Brainerd. 



A. caudata, Michx. Sandy shores of Lake Champlain ; occasional. 



A, vulgaris, L. Waste places ; common. 



ASTER 



A. acuminatus, Michx. Cool rich woods ; common. 



A. amethystinus, Nutt. Moist ground. " Brattleboro," Frost; South Pow- 

 nal, Eggleston. 



A. cordifolius, L. Woodlands ; common. 



A. cordifolius, L. var. polycephalus, Porter. Johnson, Grout. 



A. diffusus, Ait. (A. lateriflorus, Britton. ) Thickets and fields ; common. 



A. diffusus, Ait. var. hirsuticaulis, Gray. (A. hirsuticaulis, Lindl.) Borders 

 of thickets. " Bellows Falls," Carey; "Burlington," Macrae; Highgate 

 Springs, Jesup ; Brattleboro, Groat. 



A. divaricatus, L. (A. corymbosus, Ait.) Moist woodlands ; common. 



A. dumosus, L. Thickets. Rutland, Eggleston. 



A. ericoides, L. Dry open places, southern Vermont ; occasional. 



A. ericoides, L. var. Pringlei, Gray. (A. Pringlei, Britton.) Slaty headlands 

 and islands of Lake Champlain ; frequent. Manchester, Miss Dag. 



A. junceus, Ait. Peat bogs ; rare. 



A. laevis, L. Borders of woodlands, southern Vermont ; frequent. 



A. linariifolius, L. (Ionactis linariifolius, Greene. ) Dry sandy soil ; occa- 

 sional. 



