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Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Each follicle resembles a slender capsule and contains many seeds, per Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers.
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Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Right after the flowers, 5 light green papery follicles are evident, per Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers.
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False Rue-anemone, Enemion biternatum
Fruit is a cluster of four pod-like follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Black Cohosh, Actaea racemosa
Follicles 5-8mm long, 4-5mm broad, broadly ellipsoid, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Mountain Black Cohosh, Actaea podocarpa
Follicles 8-15mm long, 4-8mm broad, glabrous, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Sweetbay, Magnolia virginiana +
Fruit a cone-like aggregate of dark red, ellipsoid follicles, about 2" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
Fruit a pubescent, cone-like aggregate of follicles, rosy red at maturity, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
Seeds bright red, each suspended from follicle by a slender elastic thread, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Fraser Magnolia, Magnolia fraseri
Fruit a bright red aggregate of follicles, bright red when mature, glabrous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Appalachian False Goatsbeard, Astilbe biternata
Fruit erect, lanceolate follicles, 0.15-.2" long, borne on a large panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Indian-hemp, Apocynum cannabinum
Paired follicles are pendent and slender, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Eastern Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
Follicles smooth, 6-10cm long, erect on erect pedicels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Whorled Milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
Narrow spindle-shaped follicles, 2-3" long, dehiscent along 1 suture, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Butterflyweed, Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
Follicles erect, 8-15 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Poke Milkweed, Asclepias exaltata
SC's only milkweed w smooth, broad, stalked leaves & smooth erect follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Eastern Anglepod, Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
The fruit is a large tapering follicle with conspicuously angled sutures, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Eastern Anglepod, Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
Fruits are smooth angled follicles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Eastern Anglepod, Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
The follicles are dehiscent along 1 suture, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Carolina Spinypod, Matelea carolinensis
Follicles muricate, usually 9-11cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Carolina Spinypod, Matelea carolinensis
The surface of the follicle is roughened by pointed spines, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.