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SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Xanthorhiza simplicissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xanthorrhiza simplicissima
Purple flowers in drooping racemes 2-3" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
The five petals have yellow blades and hollow red spurs that contain nectar, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Delphinium tricorne
Flowers (sepals) usually deep bluish violet, but ranging thru pink to white, per Weakley's Flora.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Delphinium carolinianum
Visible outer spur is a sepal; within it are 2 nectar-bearing petal spurs, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Delphinium carolinianum
Flowers (sepals) white; stems 2-4(7)dm tall, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aconitum uncinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aconitum uncinatum
Upper sepal (called the helmet in this genus) is enlarged into a hood ~3/4", per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aconitum reclinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aconitum reclinatum
Flower composed of numerous greenish-white stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Caltha palustris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Caltha palustris
Usually 5-6 sepals, petals absent, and numerous stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
This has 5 petaloid sepals, whereas Anemonella thalictroides has 5-10, per Weakley's Flora.
Sepals and petals drop early, stamens numerous, stigma wider than ovulary, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Flower stalks 3-8' tall w tassel-like flowers in long narrow arching racemes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna ochroleuca
Sepal surface hairy; sepal margins not expanded, not crispate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
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Viorna fremontii
Flowers can be pale yellow but are usually purple, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna crispa
Sepal tips spreading to recurved, greatly expanded and crispate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna reticulata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna viorna
Petals absent. Thick, firm sepals form a leathery urn-shaped calyx, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna glaucophylla
Flowers ovoid; sepal tips not expanded or crispate but are long acuminate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
Flowers numerous, in compound cymose-paniculate inflorescences, per Weakley's Flora.
Mostly dioecious, but with some perfect flowers (polygamo-dioecious), per Weakley's Flora.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Atragene americana
These large, dull blue flowers are up to 2" and have thin-textured sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Sepal margins slightly expanded, crispate, with tips spreading to recurved, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Viorna versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Clematis vitalba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Anemonella thalictroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Syndesmon thalictroides
5-to-10 petaloid sepals, usually at least some flowers have 6 or more, per Weakley's Flora.
Filaments of stamens are white & dilated, suggesting club-shaped petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalictrum caulophylloides
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalictrum coriaceum
[Staminate] Stamens 1/4" long, threadlike, yellowish, in pendulous clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Drooping stamens with white filaments slightly thickened toward the anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Thalictrum subrotundum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Thalictrum pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Thalictrum pubescens var. pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN & NOMEN NUDUM
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalictrum polygamum
Filaments white, club-shaped, forming a starry burst of stamens, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Thalictrum revolutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Thalictrum pubescens var. hepaticum
Anthers 0.5-1.2mm long (vs. those of T. revolutum 1.5-2.8mm long), per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalictrum debile
Sepals whitish, lanceolate to ovate; filaments colored, not white, per Flora of North America.
Easy to identify in the field because of its minute flowers & hairy stems, per www.missouriplants.com
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus muricatus
Sepals 3-5mm long; petals 5-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDING
Ranunculus arvensis var. tuberculatus
Flowers are about 0.75" across with 5 glossy yellow petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus obtusiusculus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus pusillus
Petals 1-3(-5), 1-2 mm long, about as long as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora.
Petals less than 1/8" long, shorter than sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
A smooth succulent plant of wet habitats with 1/4" flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Petals are 0.15-0.25" long, shorter than or equal to sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Coarse erect perennial to 1.2m tall. Flowers numerous in an open inflorescence, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Petals 8-16mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus palmatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ranunculus septentrionalis
Flowers about 1" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Petals usually obovate, to 15mm long [longer than sepals], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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