CHICORY FAMILY. 751 
Lobelia nuttallii Roem. & Schult. Syst. 5:39. 1819. NuTTaLv’s LOBELIA, 
Lobelia gracilis Nutt. Gen. 2:77. 1818. Not Andr. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,307. Chap. Fl. 255; ed. 3,276; Gray, Syn. FI.N. A. 2, pt.1:7. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low damp banks. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clay 
County, Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa and Mobile counties. 
Flowers pale purplish blue; July, August. Frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Ad margines siccas paludum sabulosorum a nova Caesarea ad 
Carolinam.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lobelia inflata L. Sp. Pl. 2:931. 1753. Indian Topacco. LOBELIA, 
Ell. Sk. 1: 266. Gray, Man. ed. 6,307, Chap. Fl. 254. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt.1:7. 
Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Maritime provinces of Canada to Hudson Bay 
and Saskatchewan. New England west to Minnesota, south to the Ohio Valley, 
Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New York to upper Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 fect altitude. Talladega 
County, Riddell’s Mill, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Blount County, 
Blount Springs, on the hills, 800 feet. Not rare. Coarse. Annual. 
Economic uses: The herb (leaves and tops) forms the ‘“‘Lobelia” of the United 
States Pharmacopoeia, and the seeds are also recognized. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CICHORIACEAE. Chicory Family. 
CICHORIUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:813. 1753. 
Three species, temperate Europe, Asia. 
Cichorium intybus L. Sp. Pl. 2:813. 1753. Common CHICORY. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt.2: 412. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Naturalized in Canada and the United States, 
west to Arkansas. More rarely south of the Ohio River. 
ALABAMA: MobileCounty. Arare ballast weed. Flowersazure; July. Perennial 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europa ad margines agrornm viarumque.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ADOPOGON Neck. Elem. 1:55. 1790. 
(Krieia Schreb. Gen. Pl. 532. 1791.) 
Five species, herbs. North America. 
Adopogon carolinianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 346. 1894. 
CAROLINA DWARF DANDELION. 
Hyoseris virginica L. Sp. Pl. 2: 809. 1753. Not Tragopogon virginicum L. 
H. caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. 
Krigia virginica Willd. Sp. P1.3:1618. 1804. 
K. caroliniana Nutt. Gen. 2: 126. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:264, 265. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Chap. F1.249. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 
2:411, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 246. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Western Ontario to New York, Ohio Valley to 
Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Exposed dry lightsoil. Flowers orange; March, May. 
Common. Annual. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Adopogon virginicum (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen, Pl. 1:304. 1891. 
VIRGINIA DwarRF DANDELION. 
Tragopogon virginicum L. Sp. Pl. 2:789. 1753. 
Krigia amplexicaulis Nutt. Gen. 2:127. 1818. 
Cynthia virginica Don, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 12: 309. 1829. 
EIL Sk. 2:266. Gray, Man. ed.6, 298. Chap. 1. 249. 
Carolinian area. Southern Ontario to Lake Winnipeg, Ohio to Arkansas and south 
to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Openings in the woods, borders of 
thickets and fields. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (Z. 4. Smith). Flowers 
orange; June. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada. Kalm.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
