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Southern Collecting Trip
1951
Record Book #2

June 14, 1951

968M. Just ‸ 2 mi E of first gap on rd from Andrews
to Wayah Bald. 9 mi E. of Andrews Macon Co, N.C. . Wooded
hillside near small stream which has been dammed
near the roadway to furnish water through large pipe
for lower in the valley. Plants ½ to 4 meters in colors
from red to pale yellow. Either Cumberlandense gone
crazy or Cum. x Calendulaceum.
Colors: (a) bright red limb. Faint orange blotch
(b) Bright orange red. deep orange blotch
(c) Strong salmon orange. Orange blotch
(d) Fairly dark salmon apricot, deep yellow blotch
(e) Apricot, deep yellow blotch
(f) Golden yellow, deeper blotch.
(g) Pale salmon yellow with deep yellow blotch
(h) Straw yellow with golden blotch.
(i) strong salmon pink with orange blotch.
Leaf glaucescence & height as noted.
(j) Fls not yet open. 968P = plants same location
(a) = large fld. orange.
(b) = fairly large red.
(c) = cut petalled form
(d) = small late unflowered.
(e) Fairly faded orange red.

(f) From beneath a semi double yellow
(g) = Large orange
(h) = " yellow
(i) = small orange—red.

June 15

969 M. Wooded slope along Nantahala River on rd
from Andrews to Nantahala Lake and Wayah Bald.
Plants 3 — 4½ meters. Fairly normal calendulaceum
on orange side. 2 mi from 968.
Colors:(a) salmon—orange limb. Deep yellow to orange
blotch.
(b) Orange yellow with salmon tints Deep golden blotch
(c) Salmon straw limb. Golden yellow blotch.
(d) Clear ‸ canary yellow limb. Deep yellow blotch.
970. M. West facing slopes along N.E. end of
Nantahala Lake just S. of Aquone. Bushes ¾ —1½
meters — evidently intermediate between cumberlandense
& calendulaceum. The whole region seems filled
with this sort of mixture with some plants past bloom.
& some still in unopened bud.
Colors: (a) old fls strong red orange. No blotch. Young fls
with more yellow & yellow blotch.

(b) pink striped orange. Orange blotch.
(c) Strong salmon orange. Orange "
(d) Salmon with apricot blotch
(e) Straw yellow. Deeper yellow blotch. 971 & 971P. 1 mile further around lake. Plants fairly
typical of this amazing complex, multicolored & multisized.
Plant 1 m. W. 41. Strong apricot orange. deep yellow
blotch. Leaves glossy dark green but not glaucous 972 & 972P. ditto. W.55. Limb dull red. Orange blotch
Plant 1 meter. 973P = unflowered seedling.
974 = Same location as 970 but close to the
water. Plant 2 m. W.40. Pure white fls. Scented.
Glaucous leaves.
975M. —(see also 1091M) Summit of Wayah Bald. Among stunted oaks
or in the open. Branching shrub about 1¾ meters in the
open becoming straggly & up to 3 meters in the shade.
Suspect that compact habit is very much a result
of wind & exposure. Only just coming into
spotty bloom. Flowers white & leaves glaucous
unless otherwise noted. Upper leaf surface not as

glossy dark green as in the lower altitude form —
rather a dull gray green. Midribs of petals & bud
exteriors a pronounced reddish pink. 975 P= plants same location. 976M Oak woods from near summit of Wayah Bald.
Some sort of a fairly uniform (in flower & bush size)
intermediate between Cumberlandense & Calendulaceum. Bushes
mostly 1¼ to 2½ meters. Not all yet in flower.
Colors:(a) Orange red. Orange blotch.
(b) red orange. Yellow—orange blotch
(c) Salmon orange. Deep yellow to orange blotch
(d) Strong apricot. Slightly yellow upper petal.
(e) Salmon striped yellow. Golden blotch
(f) Canary yellow. Deep yellow blotch.

June 16

977M. Wooded ridge 4 mi ‸ S. W. of Highlands on N.C.
106, Macon Co, N.C. Plants 2—3½ meters.
Colors:(a) Strong red orange with orange blotch
(b) paler red orange—yellow—orange blotch
(c) Salmon orange with deep yellow "
(d) " yellow " " " "
(e) Clear golden yellow with deeper blotch.
These must belong to the later bloom phase of calend.

977 P = poor plant of golden yellow (e) 978 & 978 P. Same location. Plants about 1
meter. W.26. Petals white. Bud pink tipped
Style red towards apex. Leaves non glaucous.
Evidently viscosum montanum. 979. ditto. W.27. Same description.
980M. Hillside in oak woods ‸ above highway .7*** mi E. of Wolfpen
Gap in Vogel State Park, Union Co, Ga Plants ¾
to 2½ meters. Similar to Cumberlandense.
Colors:(a) orange red with inconspicuous orange blotch
(b) red orange with orange blotch
(c) Salmon orange " "
(d) Strong salmon apricot, orange blotch
(e) dark salmon with " "
(f) light " " deep yellow "
(g) Clear straw yellow, deep yellow "
(h) Strong cerise red with orange blotch.
Leaves glaucous only as noted. Type habitat for
Az. Bakeri. about 5300 ft. 980P = plants from same location

June 17

981. 1.8 miles southeast of Woody Gap just north of Georgia 60.
Wooded hillside. Lumpkin Co, Ga Plants 2 meters
W.55. Limb salmon apricot. Orange blotch.

982. ditto. W.46. Similar color. Leaves glaucescent.
The "Bakeri" complex is relatively common above
3000 ft in Union Co. Especially abundant on the slopes
above Lake Winfield Scott on Ga 180.
983. Wooded slopes ‸ on Brush Mtn E on Ga 136, 2 mi E of
Tate Lake and mi E of junction with Ga 108
between Cartecay & Dawson Co, Ga Jasper. Locally abundant at
about the 3000 ft level. W.45 Salmon apricot. Orange
blotch. ½ meter. 984. ditto. W.43. Apricot with deep yellow blotch, ½ meter 985 " W.37. Bright red, no blotch. Glaucous leaves.
Twiggy bush ¼ meter high. 985P = plant of same 986 ditto. W.35. pale salmon red. ¾ meter. Faint blotch orange 987 " W.50. Orange—red. No blotch. ½ meter. 988 P = miscellaneous plants same location. 989. ½ mile along rd to Summit of Mt Oglethorpe from
Ga 136. W. side of rd. Wooded slopes, Pickens Co,
Ga. Plants about ¾ meter.
W.32. Salmon apricot limb. Apricot yellow blotch. 990. ditto. W.46. Glauces. lvs. Salmon limb. Apricot blotch 991 " W.36. Apricot limb. deep yellow blotch.

992. ditto. W.46. dull red limb. red—orange blotch. 993 " W.45. Salmon yellow limb. Orange
blotch. Glauces. lvs.

June 18

Mountaintop streamside 4 mi N.W. of Cloudland on
Ala. 58, De Kalb Co, Ala. Bushes 2½—3 meters. All
non leaf glaucous. White limb & tube. (arb). W.32. 995 ditto. W 32. 996 " W.41. Lemon yellow blotch. 997. " fls. unopened 998 " " " 999 Rhod. catawbiense same location. Bushes to
3½ meters. Locally very abundant.
1000. 4½ miles northwest of Valley Head toward Ider, De Kalb County, Alabama. Streamside
Bushes 2—2½ meters. All with white tube & limb
W.41. Non glaucous lvs 1001 W.35 " " " 1002 W.35 " " ". Pale creamy blotch.
1003 M Wooded gully on Cumberland Plateau in center of
Jackson Co, Ala, 7½ miles southeast of Hytop, near Kyles,
Crow Mountain, on road between Hytop and Scottsboro.

More or less typical Cumberlandense as seen north
of here. Red shades predominantly but apricots also
present. Plants ½ to 1¾ meters. With & without
glaucous leaves as noted.
Colors:(a) limb ‸ dull red to orange red.
(b) limb red—orange.
(c) " salmon orange
(d) " Strong apricot with yellow blotch.
(e) " Yellow with salmon tints. Deep yellow blotch.
1004. Arborescens. Same location. All with white limb. None
with glaucous leaves. Bushes 2½ — 3½ meters.
Mostly already past flower. W.48. 1005. ditto. W.40. Pale yellow blotch 1006. " W.41. Strong " " 1007 " W.40 " " " 1008 " past bloom.
1009M. = A few canes. type from same location.
All past bloom. Bushes 1½ — 2 meters.

June 19

1010M. Summit of Mt Cheaha ‸ 2400 ft elev. , Talladega Co, Ala.
Rocky oak woods. Fairly abundant on W. & S.W.

sides of summit both N & S of the Lookout Tower.
Plants ¼ to 1¾ meters. Mostly past bloom but
fortunately a few still with flowers. Colors & variation
of leaf shape & glaucescence still very similar to
plants of the Cumberland Plateau & the better stands
of N. Georgia. This must be a quite isolated
occurrence!! (of Cumberlandense)
Colors & glaucescence as noted. Leaves not
glaucous unless noted. 1010P = 4 unflowered plants from same location.
1011 ✓ M. Near small stream ¼ mile below summit of
Mt Cheaha on west side. Plants 2 to 2¾ m.
All past flower. Presumably canescens.

June 22

1012M ‸ Top of Rocky mtn ridge in oak woods 5 mi E of Rich
Mtn, Polk Co, Ark. Plants ½—1¼ meters. All past
flower. Only five plants found. Alt. 1800 ft. 1012P = plant same locality.
1013M. N.E. fairly rocky slope beneath wide spaced
oaks on skyline rd. 8 mi W. of Rich Mtn and S.E.
of Page. Le Flore Co, Okla. Locally abundant. In

fact practically the only floor cover at this
place. A few struggling blueberries offered no
competition. Must be very drought resistant!
Plants most ½ to ¾ meter, occasionally to one
meter. All past bloom & very few with any seeds
or remaining flower heads. Probably hit by the early
drought. One strain with fairly glaucous Alt 1000 ft leaves. 1013P = plant same locality

June 23

1014M. In "Heath Hollow", a N. facing wooded hollow
½ mile N. of Magazine Mtn Rd. & about 5 mi N
of Havana, Logan Co, Ark. Comparatively moist (as
moisture goes in Arkansas) rocky slope in oak wood.
Plants ¾ — 1½ meters. Many very stoloniferous. Alt about 900 ft Apparently
a mixture of early flowering pinks & somewhat later whites, a
few of the latter still in bloom. The "pinks" resemble in foliage
etc. the collections of yesterday. Additional notes as
tagged. 1014P = plants same location
1015M. N. facing rocky slope 1 mi E of White Rock
Mtn on rd. to Cass, Franklin Co, Ark. Bushes 1½—2½ m.
Locally very abundant. Appear to be all the wide leaved,

early flowering & probably "pink" fld. type. All
past bloom. Above a small stream which serves as
a probably constant water supply. Alt. about 1200 ft. 1015P = plants same locality
1016M. Summit of White Rock Mtn, West North side.
Very abundant above & below summit cliffs. All
past bloom. Plants 1¼ — 1¾ meters. Franklin
Co. Alt. 2000 ft. A good spot to visit about
May 15! Look like the "roseum" type.

June 26

1017P. Summit of Big Black Mtn Grown in Shade House =
Signal Red. 719/1
Harlan Co, Ky along rd. to radar
tower. Bush 1 meter. Best red found. Limb geranium
Lake 20 to Blood red 820. No orange blotch⤴ 1018 P. ditto. Bush ½ meter. Small but wide petaled
full flower, Limb vermilion 18/1. Deep orange blotch. 1019P. From Bush 2 m high. Deep salmon pink limb
with a hint of orange blotch. 1020 P. ditto — Young bush. Limb Scarlet 19 — 19/1. Hint
of orange blotch. 1021P. ditto. From beneath a large bush with salmon fls.
May be seedling. 1022.P ditto. Small bush. Upper lobe scarlet (19). Others

somewhat darker & duller. 1023 P. From another good red 1 m. high. Upper lobe
Signal red — 19/1. Remainder a little darker & duller. 1024P Small bush of a rather large flowered orange —
red with orange blotch. 1025M. Mass coll. same location. Plants ¾
to 2½ meters. Growing in old pasture. Evidently
Cumberlandense x calendulaceum. Blotches & glaucescence
as indicated. In general gray foliage undersides is
more conspicuous than in other cumberlandense samples.
Colors:(a) Limb strong scarlet red.
(b) limb orange red
(c) " red orange
(d) " strong apricot orange
(e) " salmon apricot
(f) " salmon red.
1026 P = from plant 1¼ meters high Harlan Co, Ky of handsome
flower, a mixture of cerise salmon & yellow. Almost
iridescent in the shade where it should probably be
grown for effect. From about ¼ mi N. of gap on
Big Black Mtn. along fairly new logging rd. 1026M. Same location. Plants generally ½ to 1½ meters
although some may have been cut off. Red orange pre—

ponderance.
Colors:(a) limb good scarlet red.
(b) Strong orange red.
(c) Red orange
(d) Salmon red
(e) Salmon apricot
(f) Apricot with orange tints
(g) Salmon " " "
Blotch & glaucescence as indicated
1027. Wooded hillsides at Blackwood, 4 mi W. Of Norton,
Wise Co, Va. Plants ½—¾ meter.
W.40. orange red. No blotch glaucous lvs. 1028. ditto. W.46. Orange red, no blotch. Not glaucous. 1029 " W 40 " " orange " " "
Quite abundant in this part of Wise Co.
1030. Abandoned pasture on Powell Mtn. Top of gap on
U.S. 58 ¾ mile northwest of St. Paul, Wise County, Virginia. Plants
about 1 meter. W.44 Red orange. orange blotch 1031. ditto W.43. Good red, No blotch. 1032 " W 37. Red orange Faint orange blotch. 1033 " W.32. Salmon with yellow blotch 1034 " W 40. Red with orange blotch. Glaucous leaves.

No reds seen here on intervening mtn. at 3069 ft.

June 27.

1035. 10½ mi S. of Tazewell at top of Mtn. on
Rd to Tazewell Co, Va Marion. Rocky soil in deciduous woods.
Plants 1 m. high — calendulaceum.
W. 40. Orange with orange yellow blotch. 1036. ditto. W.54. Same color.
1037M. Mountain 2 mi N. of Hungry Mother State
Park, Smyth Co, Va. About 2800 ft elev. on S. side
in mixed woods. Plants 1—1½ meters. Calend.
Colors as indicated.
1038M. Mountain Lake, Giles Co, Va. Swampy
ground ¼ mi S. of Biological Station. Plants mostly
1½ — 2 meters where not recently cut off. Colors &
Glaucescence as indicated. Limb & tube white unless otherwise
noted. Look like viscosum & arborescens. 1038 P = about 5 plants from same locality
1039. Near summit of Bald Mtn at about 3800 ft
elev to E. of P.O., Mountain Lake, Giles Co, Va.
In deciduous woods. W.45. Salmon orange limb. Darker
upper lobe. 1040 ditto. W.32 orange yellow limb. Deep yellow blotch

June 28

1041M. Streamside on Cheat Mtn ¼ mi S. of U.S. 33
on dirt rd. near top of Mtn about 3 mi E of Elkins, Randolph
Co, W. Va. Plants 2 — 3 meters. Just coming into flower
All with white limb & tube, glaucous leaves unless
noted otherwise.
1042. P. Plant (skipped entry) alabamense x canescens
from same location as 756M.

June 29.

1043M. ✓ Summit of Allegheny Front 2 mi N. of Bell
Knob Tower & 5 mi along gravel rd running N.E. from
W. Va 72 at a point 9 mi E of W. Va. 32, Tucker Co,
W. Va. Plants locally abundant on high huckleberry—
Kalmia—Red Spruce plateau. 1—2½ meters. Mostly
past flower. Roseum in typical roseum pink.
Leaf glaucous as noted
1044M. Streamside in & about Camden—on—Gauley,
Webster Co, W. Va. Plants 1½ to 3 meters, all with
white limb & tube & glaucous leaves unless otherwise
noted. 1045. Roadside slope on West Virginia 41, 3 miles northeast of Craigsville,

Nicholas County, West Virginia. Plants about ¾ m — probably
having been cut off in recent years (calend. Past
bloom. 1046. ditto. W.38 orange limb. Deep yellow bl.
Frilled petals.
1047 Rhod. maximum? Same location. Plentiful in
this region. Bushes to about 4 meters. Flowers rosy
pink with green blotch. May be max. x cataw.

June 30

1048 Crest of mountain about 3 mi N. of Kopperston
(N.E. of Oceana), Boone Co, W. Va. Deciduous woods
Bushes 1½ to 2½ meters (Calend.) Past bloom. 1049. ditto