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ALABAMA : Central Pine belt. 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. 1762. BLAZING STAR. 



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



Liatris squarrosa Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1634. 1804. 



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

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



Alleghenian to Louisianiau 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 : u Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria scariosa (L.) Hill, Veg. Syst. 4:49. 1762. COMMON BLAZING STAR. 



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



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



Ell. Sk. 2:280. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

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



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west 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 purple; August, September. 

 Not frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 

 Hei 



[erb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

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



Liatris squarrulosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 92. 1803. 



L. heterophylla 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. Alpine Mountain, near 

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

 low country. Twelve to 18 inches high. 



Type locality not given. 



Iterb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



SPIKED BUTTON SNAKEROOT. 



Serratula spicaia L. Sp. PL 2 : 819. 1753. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 273. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 243. Chap. FL 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:111. 



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

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

 Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Shelby County, Calera. ( hi! ton, Bald- 

 win, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale rose color. September, October; frequent. 

 Three to 4 feet high. Common in the flat, damp pine barrens near the coast, the in- 

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

 Nntt.). 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



NARROW-LEAF BLAZING STAR. 

 Anonymos graminifolius Walt. FL Car. 197. 1788. 



Liatris graminifolia Pursh, FL Am. Sept. 2 : 508. 1814. Not Willd. 1804. 

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



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

 South Carolina and Gf orgia. 



