THISTLE FAMILY. TOY 



Alabama: Central Piuc bolt. Coast plain. Dry open woods, pastures. Autauga, 

 Clarke, Monroe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers rose-pink; August, Sep- 

 tember. Frequent. One and one-half to 2 feet high. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria squarrosa (L.) Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 49. 17t)2. Blazing Star. 



Scrratula s<iuarrosa L. Sp. PI. 2 : 818. 1753. 



lAatris isqaarrosa Wilhl. Sp. PL 3 : 1634. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2:282. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. Fl. 191. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 109. Coulter, Contr. Nat. I lerb. 2 : 182. 



Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ohio Valley to Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, 

 and Dakota, south to Florida, and through the Gulf States to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Dry sterile soil, woods. Cullman, 

 Chilton, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers wine-purple; August, September. 

 Rather frequent in the pine barrens. 



Type locality: •' Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria scario.sa (L.) Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: 4!». 1762. Common Blazing Stau. 



Serratula scariosa L. Sp. PI. 2 : 818. 1753. 



Liatris scariosa Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1635. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2:280. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. Fl. 192. Grav, Syn. Fl. N.A.I, pt. 

 2 : 110. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 182. 



Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ontario; New England wist to Minnesota and 

 Nebraska; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Dry open woods. Lauderdale County. 

 Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers deep pink or pale jjurple; August, September. 

 No tl^ frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria scariosa squarrulosa (Michx.) Small, Mem. Ton. Club, 4 : 128. 1894. 



Liatris sijiiarridosd ]\lichx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 92. 1803. 



L. heterophi/lla R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4 : 503. 1813. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 281, in part. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 110. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 182. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Wooded rocky hillsides. Talladega County, 

 Chandler Springs, on exposed rocks, 1,500 feet altitude. Aljiiue Mountain, near 

 Renfroe, 1,000 feet. Flowers purple; September. Not frequent; never seen in the 

 low country. Twelve to 18 inches high. • 



Type locality not given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 349. 1891. 



Spikkd Button Snakekoot. 



Serratula spicata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 819. 1753. 



Liatris spicata Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1636. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2:273. Graj-, Man. ed. 6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:111. 



Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ontario and southern New England, west to 

 Michigan andMinnesota, west and south from New York to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, 

 Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana. 



Alabama: CeutralPiue belt to(!oast plain. Shelby County, Calcra. ( liilton, Bald- 

 win, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale rose color. Sei)teriber, October; frequent. 

 Tiiiee to 4 feet high. C'ommou in the Hat, damp pine barrens near the coast, the in- 

 volucral bracts here frequently covered with a resinous exudation {Liatris resinosa 

 Nutt.). 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria graminifolia (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 349. 1891. 



Naruow-leaf Blazing Star, 



Anonipnos graminifoHiis Walt. Fl. Car. 197. 1788. 



Liatris r/ramm//o?m Pursh, Fl. Aul Sept. 2 : 508. 1814. Not Willd. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 274. Gray, Man.ed.6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:111. 



Carolinian area. Virginia, along the coast to the middle and upper country of 

 South Carolina and Gf orgia. 



