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Common Name:
Yellowroot
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.
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Common Name:
Eastern Columbine, Canada Columbine
The five petals have yellow blades and hollow red spurs that contain nectar, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Dwarf Larkspur
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.
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Common Name:
Prairie Larkspur, Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur
LESS THAN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum
LESS THAN
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.
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Common Name:
Glade Larkspur
LESS THAN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Delphinium carolinianum
Flowers (sepals) white; stems 2-4(7)dm tall, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Appalachian Blue Monkshood, Eastern Blue Monkshood
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
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Common Name:
Marsh Marigold, Cowslip
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Caltha palustris
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Caltha palustris
Usually 5-6 sepals, petals absent, and numerous stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
False Rue-anemone, Isopyrum
This has 5 petaloid sepals, whereas Anemonella thalictroides has 5-10, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Doll's-eyes, White Baneberry, White Cohosh
Sepals and petals drop early, stamens numerous, stigma wider than ovulary, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Common Black Cohosh, Early Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot
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.
Common Name:
Mountain Black Cohosh, American Cohosh, Late Black Cohosh
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Common Name:
Curlyheads
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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Common Name:
Fremont's Leatherflower
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Viorna fremontii
Flowers can be pale yellow but are usually purple, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
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Common Name:
Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine
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
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Common Name:
Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine
GREATER THAN
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.
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Common Name:
White-leaved Leatherflower
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).
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Common Name:
Sweet Autumn Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower
Flowers numerous, in compound cymose-paniculate inflorescences, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Virgin's Bower
Mostly dioecious, but with some perfect flowers (polygamo-dioecious), per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Coastal Virgin's Bower, Satin-curls, Climbing Clematis
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Common Name:
Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis
LESS THAN
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.
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Common Name:
Alabama Leatherflower
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
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Common Name:
Windflower, Rue-anemone
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.
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Common Name:
Mountain Meadow-rue, Lady-rue
Filaments of stamens are white & dilated, suggesting club-shaped petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Appalachian Meadow-rue, Maid of the Mist
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalictrum caulophylloides
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thalictrum coriaceum
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Common Name:
Early Meadow-rue
Stamens are 1/4" long, threadlike, yellowish, in pendulous clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Skunk Meadow-rue, Waxy Meadow-rue
Drooping stamens with white filaments slightly thickened toward the anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Small-flowered Meadow-rue, Small-leaved Meadow-rue
GREATER THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968)
Thalictrum subrotundum
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Common Name:
Common Tall Meadow-rue, King-of-the-meadow, Late Meadow-rue
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Thalictrum pubescens
LESS THAN & 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.
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Common Name:
Appalachian Tall Meadow-rue
LESS THAN
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.
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Common Name:
Trailing Meadow-rue
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.
Common Name:
Columbine Meadow-rue
Common Name:
Mousetail
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Common Name:
Buttercup, Crowfoot, Spearwort
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Common Name:
Small-flowered Buttercup, Stickseed Crowfoot
Easy to identify in the field because of its minute flowers & hairy stems, per www.missouriplants.com
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Common Name:
spinyfruit buttercup
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.
GREATER THAN
Ranunculus arvensis var. tuberculatus
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Common Name:
Sardinian Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup
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
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Common Name:
Low Spearwort
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.
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Small-flowered Buttercup, Kidney-leaved Crowfoot, Small-flowered Crowfoot
Petals less than 1/8" long, shorter than sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Cursed Buttercup, Celery-leaf Crowfoot, Cursed Crowfoot
A smooth succulent plant of wet habitats with 1/4" flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Hooked Buttercup, Hooked Crowfoot
Petals are 0.15-0.25" long, shorter than or equal to sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Common Name:
Creeping Buttercup
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Common Name:
Tall Buttercup, Bitter Buttercup
Coarse erect perennial to 1.2m tall. Flowers numerous in an open inflorescence, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Bulbous Buttercup
Petals 8-16mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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