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ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry open woods, pastures. Autauga, 
Clarke, Monroe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. “Flowers rose-pink; August, Sep- 
tember. Frequent. One and one-half to 2 feet high. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria squarrosa (L.) Hill, Veg. Syst. 4:49. 1762. BLAZING STAR. 
Serratula squarrosa L. Sp. Pl. 2: 818. 1753. 
Liatris squarrosa Willd. Sp. PL. 3: 1634. 1804. 
EM, Sk. 2:282. Gray, Man. ed. 6,242. Chap. Fl. 191. Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 
2:109. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 182. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ohio Valley to Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, 
and Dakota, south to Florida, and through the Gulf States to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Dry sterile soil, woods. Cullman, 
Chilton, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers wine-purple; August, September. 
Rather frequent in the pine barrens. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria scariosa (L.) Hill, Veg. Syst. 4:49. 1762. ComMON BLAZING STAR. 
Serratula scariosa L. Sp. Pl. 2:818. 1753. 
Liatris scariosa Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1635. 1804. 
Ell. Sk. 2:280. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. I'l. 192. Gray, Syn. V'1.N.A.1, pt. 
2:110. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:182. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota and 
Nebraska; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Flurida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Dry open woods. Lauderdale County. 
Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers deep pink or pale purple: August, September. 
Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria scariosa squarrulosa (Michx.) Small, Mem. Torr. Club, 4:128. 1894. 
Liatris squarrulosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:92. 1803. 
L. heterophylla R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2,4:503. 1813. 
Ell. Sk. 2: 281, in part. Gray, Syn. Fl.N.A.1, pt.2:110. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 182. 
Carolinian area. North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Wooded rocky hillsides. Talladega County, 
Chandler Springs, on exposed rocks, 1,500 feet altitude. Alpine Mountain, near 
Renfroe, 1,000 feet. Flowers purple; September. Not frequent; never seen in the 
low country. Twelve to 18 inches high. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria spicata (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:349. 1891. 
SPIKED BUTTON SNAKEROOT. 
Serratula spicata L. Sp. PI. 2:819. 1753. 
Liatris spicata Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1636. 1804. 
Ell. Sk. 2:273. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 
2:111. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and southern New England, west to 
Michigan and Minnesota, west and south from New York to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, 
Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Shelby County, Calera, Chilton, Bald- 
win, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale rose color, Sey teriber, October; frequent. 
Three to 4 feet high. Common in the flat, damp pine barrens near the coast, the in- 
volucral bracts here frequently covered with a resinous exudation (Liatris resinosa 
Nutt.). i 
Trio locality: ‘‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria graminifolia (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:349. 1891. 
NARROW-LEAF BLAZING STAR. 
Anonymos graminifolius Walt. Fl. Car. 197. 1788. . 
Liatris graminifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:508. 1814. Not Willd. 1804. 
Ell. Sk.2:274. Gray, Man.ed.6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:111. 
Carolinian area. Virginia, along the coast to the middle and upper country of 
South Carolina and Georgia. 
