Noteworthy Collections: Two Vascular Plant Species New to the Flora of Alabama

Two species of vascular plants, Lyonia mariana and Mentha pulegium, are reported as new records for the flora of Alabama. The L. mariana record helps bridge a long-recognized distributional gap between eastern and western populations of the species in the southeastern United States. The M. pulegium collection represents the first documented record of this non-native species from the Coastal Plain of the Deep South.