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Solidago canadensis L. Sp. PI. 2 : 878. 1753. COMMON GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago aUissima L. Sp. PI. 2 : 878. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 369. Gray, Man. cd. 6, 251. Chap. Fl. 214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 157. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 190. 



Boreal region to the Gulf of Mexico, west to British Columbia; from Florida to 

 Texas and the mountains of Arizona. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Open dry or damp places. Mobile County, borders of 

 swamps, Mobile River, and of fields. October. Three to 4 feet high. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago canadensis scabriuscula Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 318. 1894. 



Solidago canadensis var. scabra Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 224. 1841. Not S. scabra 

 Willd. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 157. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 190. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Canadian northwest territory. Pennsylvania 

 to Georgia, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry and damp open places, embankments, roadsides. 

 Mobile County. October. Not infrequent in the low country. 



Type locality : ' Pennsylvania! to Georgia! and west to Saskatchewan ! Louisiana! 

 and Texas ! " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago nemoralis Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 213. 1789. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :373. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 251. Chap. Fl. 214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 

 2 : 158. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 190. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianiaii areas. Canada from Anticosti to the 

 Rocky Mountains ; throughout the Eastern United States, south to Georgia, and 

 Florida, ? west to Texas, Arizona, and Utah. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Dry open places. Talladega County. 

 Shelby County, Montevallo. September, October; common; not seen in the low 

 country. 



Type locality: "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CHRYSOM A Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 67. 1834. 



Thirteen species. West Indies, 1. North America, Pacific slope, 11; Atlantic, 1. 



Chrysoma pauciflosculosa Greene, Erythea, 3:8. 1895. 



FEW-FLOWERED GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago pauciflosculosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 116. 1803. 



Chrysoma solidaginoides Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 67. 1834. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 382. Chap. Fl. 214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2:161. 



Louisianian area. Seashore of South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Loose sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 

 Bay; Point Clear; Fish River Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Frequent. 

 Shrubby evergreen, 2 to 3 feet high. 



Type locality : " Hab. in sabulosis aridis Carolinae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



EUTHAMIA Nutt. Gen. 2 : 162. 1818. 



Four species, perennials, Atlantic North America. 



Euthamia caroliniana (L.) Greene, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 321. 1894. 



NARROW-LEAF EUTHAMIA. 



Erigeron carolinianum L. Sp. PL 2 : 863. 1753. 



Solidago tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 540. 1816. 



Euthamia ten uifolia Nutt. Gen. 2 : 162. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 392. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 252. Chap. Fl. 214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 161. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 191. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of New England and New York to 

 Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Close gravelly or sandy soil, borders 

 of ditches, low pastures. Mobile and Baldwin counties. September to November. 

 Abundant. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



