| CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: var. rudgei: Dry or damp gravelly woodlands and thickets, in neutral or calcareous soils; scarce. June. Caroline; Turkey Hill; meadow s.e. of Etna (D.); near Freeville Bog (D.!); Lake Como; Marl Cr., Marl Pond woods (D.); Dryden-Lansing Swamp (D.); Bear Swamp (D.). Newf. to Wis., southw. to N.C. This plant, so common on the Coastal Plain from Mass. to N.J., grows there in sandy acid soils, while here it is found mostly in calcareous soils. Two separate plants may be involved. Dudley has recognized two varieties, which cannot now be distinguished. |