C12 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Rich borders of woods and shady 
copses. Tuscaloosa County (HZ. A. Smith). Baldwin County, Point Clear. Flowers 
white, purplish tinged; September, October. Not frequent. - 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows very abundantly in the rich high lands between the Ala- 
bama and Chatahouchie rivers.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SOLIDAGO L. Sp. Pl. 2: 878. 1753. 
Kighty species, perennial herbs, mostly with bright yellow flowers. Except 3 or 
4, all North American; a few Mexican. Atlantic, 42. 
Solidago petiolaris Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 216. 1789. Busy GOLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago elata Ell. Sk, 2:389. 1821-24. (?) Not Pursh. 1814. . 
EJ. Sk. 1c. Gray, Man. ed. 6,246. Chap. Fl. 210. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A. 1, pt. 
2:144. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, southwestern Missouri, and 
Arkansas, south from North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills, Lower Pine region. Dry grassy 
woods. Lee County, Auburn. Escambia County, in dry pine barrens. Flowers in 
October; infrequent. Two to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘‘Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago caesia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 879. 1753. BLUE-STEM GOLDEN-ROD, 
Ell. Sk. 2:385. Gray, Man. ed. 6,247. Chap. F1.209. Gray, Syn. Fl.N.A. 1, pt. 
2:145. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New England, west to Minnesota, 
south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, and to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Open damp woods. Clay County, waterfall near 
Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet altitude. Cullman County. Flowers, July, August. Fre- 
quent in the mountains. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago caesia paniculata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad.17:189. 1882. 
SOUTHERN BLUE-STEM GOLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago gracilis Poir. Encycl. 8:476. 1808. Not Hill, Hort. Kew. 22. 1768. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 2:145. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountains to Coast plain. Open dry woods. Calhoun County, Annis- 
ton. On dry cherty hills, 800 feet altitude. Talladega County, Renfroe, 800 feet. 
Tuscaloosa County. Baldwin County, Stockton, at sea level, in dry sandy pine woods. 
Frequent. 
Type locality (Gray, Syn. Fl.): “A form of drier and open grounds, commoner in 
8. States.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago flexicaulis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 879. 1753. BROAD-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD. 
Solidago latifolia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 879. 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,247. Chap. F1. 208. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 145. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario; New 
England, west to Minnesota; from New York south and west to West Virginia, the 
Ohio Valley, and Missouri, and along the Alegheny Mountains to Georgia. 
ALABaMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hillsin Coosa Valley. Rich hillsides, shaded 
rocky banks. Lauderdale County, blutfs of the Tennessee River (M. C. MWilson). 
Talladega County, Alpine Mountains, 2,000 feet. Calhoun County, Anniston, 700 
feet. St. Clair County, Springville, 450 feet altitude. Flowers, September, October. 
Not infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago curtisii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2:200. 1841. CuRTIS’S GOLDEN-ROD. 
Gray, Man ed. 6, 247. Chap. 1.209. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 146 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia, along the mountains to Tennessee and 
North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills, hilly woods. Cullman County, Holmes 
Gap, 1,000 feet. Cullman County. Flowers, September, October. Local; not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Mountains of North Carolina Mr, M4. A. Curtis!” 
Herh. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
