ai frondosa L., beggar ticks, sticktight, p. 1587 
frondosa 
B. bint (L.) Britton, Sterns & Pogg., p. 1585 
B. tripartita L., beggar ticks, swamp beggar ticks [S, G: B. comosa 
(A. Gray) Wieg., B. connata Muhlenb. ex Willd. var. 
petiolata (Nutt.) Farw.; M: incl. B. connata] (Hall, 
1967; Cronquist, 1980; Barkley, 1986) (note that Crowe 
and Parker (1981) consider B. connata to represent a 
hybrid between B. cernua and B. frondosa, at least in 
northwestern Ontario; also that the relationship of the 
American plants to European plants called B. tripartita 
has not been examined critically; see also Roberts, 
1982), pp. 1586, 1587 
B. vulgata E. Greene, beggar ticks, sticktight, p. 1587 
var. vulga 
f. puberula (Wieg.) Fern. [M: B. vulgata] (the validity of 
this taxon, which has also been recognized at the 
varietal level, has not been evaluated critically) 
Igata 
BOLTONIA, false starwort, false aster 
Boltonia asteroides (L.) L’Hér., p. 1502 
var. latisquama (A. Gray) Cronq. [M: B. asteroides] (Morgan, 
1967 
var. recognita (Fern. & Griscom) ena [S: incl. var. 
microcephala Fern. & Griscom; M: B. asteroides] 
(Morgan, 1967) 
B. decurrens (Torrey & A. Gray) Alph. Wood, decurrent false 
aster [S: B. asteroides var. decurrens (Torrey & A 
Gray) Fern. & Griscom] (Schwegman and Nyboer, 
1985), p. 1504 
B. diffusa Elliott, p. 1504 
*var. diffusa (Morgan, 1967) 
var. interior Fern. & Griscom [M: B. diffusa] (Morgan, 1967) 
(according to Morgan, all Missouri material represents 
putative hybrids of intermediate morphology between 
B. diffusa var. interior and B. asteroides var. 
latisquama) 
S: Steyermark G: Great Plains Flora M: Mohlenbrock 
