THISTLE FAMILY. 785 
ALABAMA : Lower hills. Wooded banks, Tuscaloosa County. October. 
Type locality indeterminate. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster lateriflorus pendulus (Ait.) Burgess in Britt. & Br. I]. Fl. 3:380. 1898. 
Aster pendulus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 204. 1789. 
Carolinian area. New York, Virginia. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers in October. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster tradescanti L. Sp. Pl. 2:876. 1753. TRADESCANT’S ASTER. 
Ell. Sk. 2: 358. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261,in part. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 187. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area, Ontario to Saskatchewan; southern New Eng- 
land, and throughout the States east of the Mississippi to Carolina and Georgia, 
ALABAMA: So far known in Alabama only from Tuscaloosa County, there collected 
by E. A. Smith. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster salicifolius subasper (Lindl.) Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 1, pt. 2:188. 1884. 
RouGuisH WILLOW-LEAF ASTER. 
Aster subasper Lindl. Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1:97. 1835. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,261. Gray,l.c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:196. 
Carolinian area. Tlinois and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Deep grassy banks along streams. 
Cullman County. Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Boguehorma Creek. Flowers 
white; October. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘St. Louis,” Mo. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Aster paniculatus Lam. Encycl. 1:306. 1783. PANICULATE ASTER. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 261. Chap. FI. ed. 3, 222. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Canada; from the Atlantic west to the Rocky 
Mountains; from New England west to Nebraska, south to Florida aud Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low grassy banks. Cullman County. 
Mobile County, Whistler, banks of Chickasaha Creek. Flowers pale purple; Octo- 
ber. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Cette Astére croit dans l’Amérique septentrionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Aster tenuifolius L. Sp. Pl. 2: 873. 1753. SALT-MARSH ASTER. 
Aster flecuosus Nutt. Gen. 2:154. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:343. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 206; ed. 3, 224. Gray, Syn. Fl. 
N.A.1, pt. 2: 202. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Coast of Massachusetts to Florida, west to 
Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain and Littoral region, slightly brackish and saline marshes. 
West shore of Mobile Bay, near Dog River; West Fowl River. Flowers, October; 
rare. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aster exilis Ell. Sk. 2:344. 1821. SEASIDE ASTER. 
Tripolium divaricatum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1: 296. 1834. 
Aster divaricatus Torr. & Gray, F1.N.A.2:163. 1841. Not L. 
EILSk.le. Chap. Fl. 205; ed.3, 225. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 203. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low wet exposed places, borders of ditches and marshes. 
Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers pale purplish blue (lilac). October, Novem- 
ber. Common. reas ae ; ee 
Type locality: ‘(Grows in damp soils in the western districts of Georgia. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. ; 
Aster subulatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:111. 1803. SPREADING ASTER. 
Aster linifolius Torr. & Gray, F1.N.A.2:162. 1841. Not L. : 
Ell. Sk. 2:345. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 264. Chap. Fl. 205; ed.3, 224. Gray, Syn. F'l. 
N. A. 1, pt. 2: 204. 
Caretta to Louisianian area. Coast of New England to Florida, 
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