RARE VASCULAR PLANTS OF BIBB COUNTY, ALABAMA A. Recently Described Taxa Endemic to Bibb County 1. Alabama gentian-pinkroot: Spigelia gentianoides var. alabamensis 2. Cahaba daisy fleabane: Erigeron strigosus var. dolomiticola 3. Cahaba paintbrush: Castilleja kraliana 4. Cahaba prairie-clover: Dalea cahaba 5. Cahaba torch: Liatris oligocephala 6. Deceptive marbleseed: Onosmodium decipiens 7. Ketona tickseed: Coreopsis grandiflora var. inclinata 8. Sticky rosinweed: Silphium glutinosum B. State Records Found Since 1992 9. Blue wild indigo: Baptisia australis var. australis 10. Catesby's Bindweed: Calystegia catesbiana s. str. (i.d. tentative ) 11. Dwarf horse-nettle: Solanum pumilum (S. carolinense var. hirsutum ) 12. False-cloak fern: Astrolepis integerrima (Notholaena integerrima ) 13. Shining ladies'-tresses: Spiranthes lucida 14. Thorne's beakrush: Rhynchospora thornei 15. Virginia nailwort: Paronychia virginica 16. Wiry beakrush: Rhynchospora capillacea C. Federally Listed Species 17. Mohr's Barbara's-buttons: Marshallia mohrii 18. Tennessee yellow-eyed-grass: Xyris tennesseensis D. Federal Candidates for Listing 19. Georgia aster: Symphyotrichum georgianum ( Aster georgianus ) 20. Georgia rockcress: Arabis georgiana E. Other Rarities 21. Alabama croton: Croton alabamensis 22. Alabama lipfern: Cheilanthes alabamensis 23. Alabama phlox: Phlox pulchra 24. Alabama skullcap: Scutellaria alabamensis 25. Alabama snow-wreath: Neviusia alabamensis 1 26. Allegheny spurge: Pachysandra procumbens 27. Barrens aster: Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum ( Aster concinnus ) 28. Bay star-vine: Schisandra coccinea (S. glabra ) 29. Big-flowered grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia grandifolia 30. Boykin's milkwort: Polygala boykinii 31. Bulblet bladderfern: Cystopteris bulbifera 32. Butler's quillwort: Isoetes butleri 33. Cahaba lily: Hymenocallis coronaria 34. Croomia: Croomia pauciflora 35. Culver's root: Veronicastrum virginicum 36. Decumbent toadshade: Trillium decumbens 37. Eastern wahoo: Euonymus atropurpureus 38. Elliott's fan-petal: Sida elliottii 39. False rue-anemone: Enemion biternatum (Isopyrum biternatum ) 40. Ginseng: Panax quinquefolius 41. Glade beardtongue: Penstemon tenuiflorus 42. Great Plains ladies'-tresses: Spiranthes magnicamporum 43. Heart-leaved plantain: Plantago cordata 44. Impressed-nerved sedge: Carex impressinervia 45. Ivory sedge: Carex eburnea 46. Jamesianthus: Jamesianthus alabamensis 47. Lesser white-topped sedge: Rhynchospora colorata (Dichromena colorata ) 48. Limestone adder's-tongue fern: Ophioglossum engelmannii 49. Lobe-leaved brown-eyed Susan: Rudbeckia triloba var. pinnatiloba 50. Maidenbush Leptopus phyllanthoides (Andrachne phyllanthoides ) 51. Nashville breadroot: Pediomelum subacaule (Psoralea subacaulis ) 52. Needle palm: Rhapidophyllum hystrix 53. Nevius' stonecrop: Sedum nevii 54. One-flowered cancer-root: Orobanche uniflora 55. Ozark bunchflower: Melanthium woodii (Veratrum woodii ) 56. Pineland gentian: Gentiana villosa 57. Plains poppy-mallow: Callirhoe alcaeoides 2 58. Prickly-ash: Zanthoxylum americanum 59. Purple coneflower: Echinacea purpurea 60. Royal catchfly: Silene regia 61. Shadow-witch: Ponthieva racemosa 62. Small-flowered phacelia: Phacelia dubia var. dubia 63. Smith's sunflower: Helianthus smithii 64. Smooth blazing-star: Liatris cylindracea 65. Smooth rosinweed: Silphium trifoliatum var. latifolium 66. Soapwort gentian: Gentiana saponaria 67. Spring coralroot: Corallorhiza wisteriana 68. Streambank St. John's-wort: Hypericum nudiflorum 69. Streamside Barbara's-buttons: Marshallia trinervia 70. Sunnybells: Schoenolirion croceum 71. Wherry's catchfly: Silene caroliniana ssp. wherryi 72. White four-o'clock: Mirabilis albida 73. Wide-leaved bunchflower Melanthium latifolium (M. hybridum ) 74. Widespread gladecress: Leavenworthia uniflora 75. Yellow least gladecress: Leavenworthia exigua var. lutea 76. Yellow-wood: Cladrastis kentukea (C. lutea ) 3 .