THISTLE FAMILY. 811 
Helenium parviflorum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 7: 384. 1841. 
SMALL-FLOWERED SNEEZE WEED. 
Chap. Fl. 289. Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 2: 349. 
Louisianian area. Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Perry County (J. Donnell Smith), Lee County, 
Auburn (F. 8. Earle). Local and rare, Perennial. , 
Type locality: “Georgia.” 
Helenium autumunale L. Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753. CoMMON SNEEZE WEED. 
Ell. Sk.2:401. Gray, Man. ed. 6,287. Chap. Fl. 239. Gray, Syn. F1.N.A.1, pt.2: 
349. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:232. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 393. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec and Ontario to the Pacific; from New 
York west to Minnesota; Ohio Valley to Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona, and Nevada; 
from Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low banks, borders of ditches, etc. August to Octo- 
ber. Common. Perennial.- 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Helenium autumnale pubescens (Ait.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 339. 1894. 
Helenium pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 227. 1789. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp thickets. Mobile County. Flowers September; 
not infrequent. Three to 4 feet high, closely pubescent, leaves ovate to ovate 
lanceolate, obtuse, crowded on the stem up tv the many-flowered corymb, strongly 
decurrent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Helenium integrifolium (M. A. Curtis). CurtTis’s HELENIUM. 
Leptopoda integrifolia M. A. Curtis; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2:387. 1842. 
L. brevifolia var. 6. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2: 387. 1842. 
_Helenium curtisii Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2: 350. 1884. 
Gray, Syn. Fl.l.c. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 263. 
Lonisianian area. North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low wet pine barrens, swampy banks of streams and 
margins of ponds. Mobile County, banks of Deer Creek and Fowl River. Rays 
golden yellow, drooping; April,May. Not frequent. Perennial. Growing with 
H. brevifolium and easily confounded with stouter forms of that species, from which 
it is readily distinguished by the shining silvery blunt scales of the pappus. 
Type locality: ‘Raleigh, N. Carolina, Mr. Curtis!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Helenium nuttallii Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 204. 1874. NUTTALL’S HELENIUM. 
Leptopoda helenium Nutt. Gen. 2: 174, 1818. 
L. decurrens McBride; Ell. Sk.2:446. 1821-24. 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Chap. Fl.240. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2: 350. 
Louisianian area. South Carolin: to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens, borders of ponds and ditches. 
Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers yellow; April, May. Not infrequent. 
Perennial. ; Le 
Type locality: “South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
Helenium vernale Walt. Fl. Car. 210. 1788. VERNAL HELENIUM. 
Leptopoda puberula McBride; Ell. Sk. 2: 445. 1821-24. Not H, puberulum DC. 
Ell. Sk.].e. Chap. Fl. 240. Gray, Syn. F].N. A.1, pt. 2: 350.0 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 
AvapamMa: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Low banks along pine-barren 
streams. Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile County. Not common. Peren- 
nial. 3 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Helenium brevifolium (Nutt.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 9:205. 1874. 
4 SHORT LEAF HELENIUM. 
Leptopoda brevifolia Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2, 7:372. 1841. 
“F1.240. Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 2: 351. ; on bot cas 
Caculinysa and Louisiantan areas. North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 
