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Curlyheads,
Clematis ochroleuca
Headlike cluster of achenes, each with a long, curling feathery style, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Northern Leatherflower,
Clematis viorna
Fruit is a round cluster of achenes with long, feathery, curved tails, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Sweet Autumn Clematis,
Clematis terniflora
Fruit a cluster of achenes with long curved feather-like tails (styles), per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Virgin's Bower,
Clematis virginiana
Fruit a cluster of achenes with long curved feather-like tails (styles), per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Windflower,
Thalictrum thalictroides
Achenes short-stipitate; body ovoid to fusiform, 3-4.5mm, prominently 8-10-veined, per Flora of North America.
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Mountain Meadowrue,
Thalictrum clavatum
Achene scimitar-shaped. Inflorescence branches stiff & diverge at acute angles, per Weakley's Flora.
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Early Meadowrue,
Thalictrum dioicum
Achenes coarsely ribbed, ellipsoid, subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Skunk Meadowrue,
Thalictrum amphibolum
Achenes often minutely glandular-hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Tall Meadowrue,
Thalictrum pubescens
Achenes finely pubescent, not scimitar-shaped, not borne on a stipe, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Cursed Buttercup,
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
Achenes smooth, turgid, corky-thickened at bases for dispersal by floating, per Weakley's Flora.
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Hooked Buttercup,
Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
The common name is derived from the strongly hooked beak of the achene, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Hispid Buttercup,
Ranunculus hispidus
Fruit an aggregate of green achenes with elongate beaks, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Fig Buttercup,
Ficaria verna ssp. verna
[Fruiting heads globose] All but 1 of the 5 subspecies produce viable seed, per Introduced Lesser Celandine & Its Putative Subspecies in the US: A Morphologic Analysis (Post et al., 2009).
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Sharp-lobed Hepatica,
Hepatica acutiloba
Fruit an aggregate of achenes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Thimbleweed,
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
The fruiting "thimble" is 3/4-1" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Indian Strawberry,
Potentilla indica
Fruit an aggregate of achenes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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White Avens,
Geum canadense
Aggregation of achenes in dry, bristly heads with hook-like appendages, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Pale Avens,
Geum virginianum
Style persistent, with a tight kink; style above kink 1-2mm long & ~ deciduous, per Weakley's Flora.
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Spring Avens,
Geum vernum
Head of achenes elevated above the calyx on a 1-2mm stipe, per Weakley's Flora (2012).