500 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Wisconsin, south from southern New York and New Jersey along the mountains to 
Georgia; mountains of southwestern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region at greatest elevations. On rocks. Winston County 
(T. M. Peters). Flowers white. June, July. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in rupibus Novae Angliae, Canadae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria patula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 273. 1803. PITCHER’s SANDWORT. 
Arenaria pitcheri Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, F1.N. A.1:180. 1838. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,86. Chap. F1. 49. 
Carolinian area. Southern Virginia, west to southern Illinois, southern Missouri, 
and Arkansas, south to North Carolina, Tennessee, and southwestern Texas. (Riddell, 
in herb.) 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Tennessee basin. Lawrence County. Madison 
County, Huntsville. Jackson County, Scottsboro. Frequent on exposed limestone 
rocks. Occasionally on river banks in the lower country. Sumter County, Espes 
Station (#. 4. Smith). Baldwin County, Point Clear, adventive from the upper 
country on drifted rubbish on the bay shore. Flowers white. May. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in rupibus cirea Knoxville.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria brevifolia Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1:180. 1838. 
SHORTLEAr SANDWORT, 
Chap. F1. 49. 
Carolinian area. Mountains of Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Exposed sandstone rocks. Dekalb County, summit 
of Lookout Mountain, 2,000 feet. Flowers white. June; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘On rocks, Georgia, Nuttall!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 423. 1753. THYMELEAF SANDWORT. 
Ell, 8k.1:518. Gray, Man.ed.6,85. Chap. Fl. 49. 
EUROPE. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England along 
the mountains to Georgia. Naturalized.? 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. On dry or damp rocky places, to all appearances 
indigenous. Madison County, Montesano, about 1,000 feet. Jackson County, Scotts- 
boro. Flowers white. May; notinfrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae sylvis glareosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria lanuginosa Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 14, pt. 2: 274, t.63. 1872. 
SPREADING STARWORT. 
Spergulastrum lanuginosum Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1:275. 1803. 
Arenaria diffusa Ell. Sk.1:519. 1817. 
Stellaria lanuginosa Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1:187. 1838. 
Ell. Sk.l.c, Chap. Fl. 49. 
MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA TO ARGENTINA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Shady copses, thickets in dry soil. 
Franklin County, Russellville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Most frequent near 
the coast. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained; Michaux’s locality: ‘Hab. in meridionalibus Amer- 
icae septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SPERGULA L. Sp. Pl. 1:440. 1753. 
Two or three species of temperate Europe and Asia. Widely naturalized weeds 
in fields. 
Spergula arvensis L. Sp. Pl.1:440. 1753. CorRN SPURRY. 
EI, Sk.1:523. Gray, Man. ed.6,90. Chap. F1. 48. 
EUROPE. 
Naturalized from Canada to the Gulf and sparingly on the Pacific coast. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Abundant in sandy low fields, pastures. Mobile County. 
Flowers white. March. Annual. 
Economic uses: Useful for fodder; valuable for early pasture. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europae agris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
