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Helianthus radula ( Piirsli ) Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 321. 1841. 



Raylkss Sunflower. 

 Riidheclda radula Piirsh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 575. 1814. 

 B. apetala Nutt. .lomn. Acad. Phila. 7 : 77. 1834. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 456. Chap. Fl. 229. Gray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 274. 

 Louisianian area, .(leorgia, Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast Pine belt. Dry pine barrens. Rays mostly wanting, or when 

 present reduced; disk pansy-purple; September, October. Abundant throughout 

 the pine uplands of the Coast Pine belt. 



Type locality : "In Georgia. Bartram.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helianthus heterophyllus Nutt. Jonrn. Acad. Phila. 7 : 74. 1834. 



Xi:de-stkmmei) Sunflower. 

 Chap. Fl. 229. Gray, Syu. Fl. X. A. 1, i)t. 2 : 274. 

 Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Flat dami) pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 October, November. Fre([uent. 

 Type locality : "In Alabama." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helianthus atrorubens L. Sp. PI. 2 : 906. 1753. Dark-purple Sunflowf.r. 



Fll. Sk. 2 : 414. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 278. Chap. Fl. 229. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 2 : 274. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Lower Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiana 

 and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tenuessee Valley. Mountain region. Lower hills. Dry open woods. 

 Dekalb County, Valleyhead, 1,100 feet. Clay County, Moseley, l,000"feet altitude. 

 Cullman County. Shelby County, Montovallo. Lee County, Auburu. Kays yel- 

 low, disk dark purple; September, October. Freijnent in mountainous districts. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Helianthus mollis Lam. Encycl. 3 : 85. 1789. Velvety Sunflower. 



Heliantluis canescens Michs. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 140. 1803. 



//. piibesveiis Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2240. 1804. 



Fll. Sk. 2:418. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 279. Chap. F1.230. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 276. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 218. 



Carolinian area. Southern Ohio to Missouri and Arkansas, south from Tennessee 

 to (jeorgia. 



Alabam.\: Mountain region. Coosa Valley. Damp grassy banks in the ])ine 

 forests. Walker County, near South Lowell. Etowah County, near Ballplay. 

 Damp gravelly pine woods, local and rare. 



Tyi)e locality : " Nous la croyons originaire de I'Ameriqne septentrionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helianthus tomentosus ilichx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 141. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 424. Chap. Fl. 230. (irav, Man. ed. 6, 279. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:276. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. West Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. 



AL.vBA^Lv: Mountain region to Fpper division Coast Pine belt, borders of thickets 

 and of woods. Clay County, .Mount < ilive, 1,400 feet. Tallapoosa County, Dade- 

 villc, 800 feet altitude. Dallas County, Marion Junction. Choctaw County, Blailen 

 Springs. Clarke County (/-r Denny). Flowers August, September. Four to 6 feet 

 liigli. .Not inlreijuent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in ]>ratensibus Illinoensibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Helianthus microcephalus Torr. A Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 329. 1842. 



Small-flowered Sunflower. 



Helianthus diraricatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:141. 1803. Not L. 



H. pariiflorus Bernh. ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3 : 617. 1816. Not H. B. K. 1820. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 427. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 279. Chap. Fl. 231. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 278. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. West Virginia, Pennsylvania; Ohio \'alley 

 south along the mountains to (ieorgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



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