THISTLE FAMILY. 811 



Helenium parviflorum Nntt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7 : 384. 1841. 



SMALL-FLOWERED SNEK/E WEED. 



Chap. Fl. 239. Gray, Sy n. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 349. 



Lonisianiau area. Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Perry County (J. Donnell Smith). Lee County, 

 Auburn (F. S. Earle). Local and rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Georgia." 



Helenium autumnale L. Sp. PI. 2 : 886. 1753. COMMON SNEEZE WEED. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 401. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 287 Chap. Fl. 239. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 349. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 232. Wats. Hot. Calif. 1 : 393! 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec and Ontario to the Pacific; from New 

 York west to Minnesota; Ohio Valley to Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona, and Nevada; 

 from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Low banks, borders of ditches, etc. August to Octo- 

 ber. Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in America septentrional i. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Helenium autumnale pubescens (Ait.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 339. 1894. 



Helenium pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 227. 1789. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp thickets. Mobile County. Flowers September; 

 not infrequent. Three to 4 feet high, closely pubescent, leaves ovate to ovate 

 lanceolate, obtuse, crowded on the stem up to the many-flowered corymb, strongly 

 decurrent. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helenium integrifolium (M. A. Curtis). CURTIS'S HELENIUM. 



Leptopoda integrifoliaM. A. Curtis; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2:387. 1842. 



L. brevifolia var. ft. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 387. 1842. 



Helenium curtisii Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 350. 1884. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. c. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 263. 



Louisianiau area. North Carolina. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Low wet pine barrens, swampy banks of streams and 

 margins of ponds. Mobile County, banks of Deer Creek and Fowl River. Rays 

 golden yellow, drooping; April, May. Not frequent. Perennial. Growing with 

 H. brevifolium and easily confounded with stouter forms of that species, from which 

 it is readily distinguished by the shining silvery blunt scales of the pappus. 



Type locality: "Raleigh, N. Carolina, Mr. Curtis!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helenium nuttallii Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 9 : 204. 1874. NUTTALL'S HELENIUM. 



Leptopoda Selenium Nutt. Gen. 2 : 174. 1818. 



L. decurrens McBride ; Ell. Sk. 2 : 446. 1821-24. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 240. Grny, Sj n. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 350. 



Louisianian area. South Carol in i to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens, borders of ponds and ditches. 

 Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers yellow; April, May. Not infrequent. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : " South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helenium vernale Walt, Fl. Car. 210. 1788. VERNAL HELENIUM. 



Leptopoda puberula McBride; Ell. Sk. 2 : 445. 1821-24. Not H. ptiberulum DC. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 240. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 350. 



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



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Low banks along pine-barren 

 streams. Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County. Not common. Peren- 

 nial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Helenium brevifolium (Nutt. ) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 9 : 205. 1874. 



SHORT LEAF HELENIUM. 



Leptopoda brevifolia Nntt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2, 7 : 372. 1841. 

 Chap. Fl. 240. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 351. 

 Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 



