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



RAYLESS SUNFLOWER. 



Rudbeckia radula Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 575. 1814. 

 It. apetala Nutt. .Journ. Acad. Phila. 7 : 77. 1834. 

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

 Louisianian area. Georgia, 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 Const Pine belt. 



Type locality : ''In Georgia. Bartram." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



NUDE-STEMMED SUNFLOWER. 

 Chap. Fl. 229. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 274. 

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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 October, November. Frequent. 

 Type locality : "In Alabama." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helianthus atrorubens L. Sp. PI. 2 : 906. 1753. DARK-PURPLE SUNFLOWER. 



Ell. 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: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Lower hills. Dry open woods. 

 Dekalb County, Valley head, 1,100 feet. Clay County, Moseley. 1,000 feet altitude. 

 Cullman County. Shelby County, Montevallo. Lee County, Auburn. Rays yel- 

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



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia," 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helianthus mollis Lam. Encycl. 3:85. 1789. VELVETY SUNFLOWER. 



Helianthus caiiescens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 140. 1803. 



H. pvbescens Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2240. 1804. 



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

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



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

 to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coosa Valley. Damp grassy banks in the pine 

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

 Damp gravelly pine woods, local and rare. 



Type locality: "Nous la croyons originaire de 1'Amerique se-ptentrionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



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

 2:276. 



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



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt, borders of thickets 

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

 ville, 800 feet altitude. Dallas County, Marion Junction. Choctaw County, Bladen 

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

 high. i\ot infrequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in pratensibus Illinoeusibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



SMALL-FLOWERED SUNFLOWER. 



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



H. parviflorm Bernh. ; Sprcug. 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 Lonisianian areas. West Virginia, Pennsylvania; Ohio Valley 

 south along the mountains to Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



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