THISTLE FAMILY. vara 
Solidago canadensis L. Sp. Pl. 2:878. 1753. CoMMON GOLDEN-ROD, 
Solidago altissima L. Sp. Pl. 2: 878. 1758. 
Ell. Sk. 2:369, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 251. Chap. Fl. 214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:157. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 190. 
Boreal region to the Gulf of Mexico, west to British Columbia; from Ilorida to 
Texas and the mountains of Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Open dry or damp places. Mobile County, borders of 
swamps, Mobile River, and of fields. October. Three to 4 feet high. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago canadensis scabriuscula Porter, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:318. 1894. 
wee canadensis var, scabra Torr. & Gray, F1.N. A.2:224. 1841. Not 8. seabra 
illd. 
Gray, Syn. F1.N. A.1, pt.2:157. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 190. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Canadian northwest territory. Pennsylvania 
to Georgia, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry and damp open places, embankments, roadsides. 
Mobile County. October. Not infrequent in the low country. 
Type tocality : “ Pennsylvania! to Georgia! and west to Saskatchawan! Louisiana! 
and Texas!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago nemoralis Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 213. 1789. 
Ell. Sk. 2:373. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 251. Chap. Fl. 214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:158, Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 190. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Canada from Anticosti to the 
Rocky Mountains; throughout the Eastern United States, south to Georgia and 
Florida, ? west to Texas, Arizona, and Utah. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Dry open places. Talladega County. 
Shelby County, Montevallo. September, October; common; not seen in the low 
country. 
Type locality: ‘‘Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CHRYSOMA Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:67. 1834. 
Thirteen species. West Indies, 1. North America, Pacific slope, 11; Atlantic, 1. 
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa Greene, Erythea, 3:8. 1895. 
FEW-FLOWERED GOLDEN-KOD. 
Solidago pauciflosculosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:116. 1803. 
Chrysoma solidaginoides Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:67. 1834. 
Ell. Sk. 2:382. Chap. Fl.214. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2:161. 
Louisianian area. Seashore of South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Loose sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 
Bay; Point Clear; Fish River Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Frequent. 
Shrubby evergreen, 2 to3 feet high. : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in sabulosis aridis Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
EUTHAMIA Nutt. Gen. 2:162. 1818. 
Four species, perennials, Atlantic North America. 
Buthamia caroliniana (L.) Greene, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 321. 1894. 
NARROW-LEAF EUTHAMIA, 
Erigeron carolinianum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 863. 1753. 
Solidago tenuifolia Pursh, F]. Am. Sept. 2:540. 1816. 
Euthamia tenuifolia Nutt. Gen. 2: 162. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:392. Gray, Man. ed. 6,252. Chap. Fl.214. Gray, Syn. F1.N.A.1, pt. 
2:161. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:191. : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of New England and New York to 
Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Close gravelly or sandy soil, borders 
of ditches, low pastures. Mobile and Baldwin counties. September to November. 
Abundant. “ 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
