902 MISC. PUBLICATION 423, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



6. Solidago nana Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans, ser. 2, 7: 327. 



1840. 



Solidago pulcherrima A. Nels., Torrey Bot. Club Bui. 25: 

 549. 1898. 



Coconino County, from the Kaibab Plateau to Oak Creek, 6,500 

 to 9,000 feet, plains, canyons, and slopes, July to September. Alberta 

 to Nebraska and northern Arizona. 



7. Solidago sparsiflora A. Gray, Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 12: 



58. 1877. 



Solidago sparsiflora var. subcinerea A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1 2 : 159. 



1884. 

 Solidago trinervata Greene, Pittonia 3: 100. 1896. 



Almost throughout the State, 2,000 to 8,000 feet, pine forest and 

 chaparral, June to October, type of S. sparsiflora from Camp Lowell, 

 Pima County (Rothrock 706), type of var. subcinerea from Rucker 

 Canyon, Cochise County (Lemmon). South Dakota and Wyoming 

 to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



8. Solidago wrightii A. Gray, Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 16: 



80. 1880. 



Solidago bigelovii A. Gray, ibid. 17: 190. 1882. 



Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai, and Gila Counties (probably else- 

 where), 4,500 to 9,500 feet, mostly in pine forest, August to October. 

 Western Texas to Arizona. 



The var. adenophora Blake (S. subviscosa Greene?) occurs farther 

 southward, in the mountains of Graham, Cochise, and Pima Counties, 

 type from the Santa Catalina Mountains (Harrison 3106). It is 

 distinguished by the presence of stipitate glands on the involucre, 

 pedicels, stem, and leaves. 



9. Solidago petradoria Blake in Tidestrom, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Her- 



barium 25: 540. 1925. 



Chrysoma pumila Nutt., Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans, ser. 2, 7: 



325. 1840. 

 Solidago pumila Torr. and Gray, Fl. North Amer. 2: 210. 



1842. Not S. pumila Crantz, 1766. 

 Petradoria pumila Greene, Erythea 3: 13. 1895. 



Northeastern Apache County to the Kaibab Plateau (Coconino 

 County), 5,500 to 7,500 feet, rocky slopes and canyons, locally com- 

 mon, June to August. Wyoming to Oregon (?), western Texas, 

 northern Arizona, and southeastern California. 



It is reported that the Hopi Indians use this plant to alleviate pain 

 in the breast. 



10. Solidago graminea (Woot. and Standi.) Blake, Wash. Acad. Sci. 



Jour. 21: 326. 1931. 



Petradoria graminea Woot. and Standi., Contrib. U. S. Natl. 

 Herbarium 16: 183. 1913. 



Kaibab Plateau, Coconino County (Marsh in 1926, Eastwood and 

 Howell 6386), dry hills and plains, June to September. Southern 

 Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and northern Arizona. 



