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Water Spangles,
Salvinia minima
Leaves entire, about 1cm in diameter, round or oval with a cordate base, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
Eastern Skeletongrass,
Gymnopogon ambiguus
Leaves cordate-clasping & stiff-textured [whereas few Dichanthelium are both], per Weakley's Flora.
Many-flowered Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium polyanthes
Nodes and internodes glabrous or puberulent. Leaf bases cordate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Variable Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium commutatum +
Blades glabrous, margins scaberulose, bases cordate, frequently ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Deer-tongue Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Blades glabrous both surfaces, margins scaberulose, bases cordate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Bosc's Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium boscii
Blade margins scaberulose, bases cordate, long-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Hairy Jointgrass,
Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
Sometimes confused with Microstegium, but Arthraxon has distinctly cordate-clasping leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Hairy Jointgrass,
Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cordate-clasping at base, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Skunk Cabbage,
Symplocarpus foetidus
Leaves net-veined and cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Giant Elephant's-ear,
Colocasia gigantea
Leaves very large; peltate, base cordate, margin undulate, apex shortly acuminate, per Flora of China.
Heartleaf Pickerelweed,
Pontederia cordata var. cordata
Lvs mostly ovate to triangular-lanceolate, base generally cordate or truncate, per Weakley's Flora.
Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain,
Heteranthera reniformis
Leaves reniform or cordate, usually wider than long (2-7.5cm wide), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Common Carrionflower,
Smilax herbacea
Leaf bases cordate, margins convex in outline, per Weakley's Flora.
Midwestern Carrionflower,
Smilax lasioneura
Leaf bases cordate, the leaf margins convex in outline, per Weakley's Flora.
Biltmore Carrionflower,
Smilax biltmoreana
Leaves thick in texture, leaf base cordate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Common Greenbrier,
Smilax rotundifolia
Leaf apex acute or acuminate. Leaf base rounded, cordate or truncate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Clasping Twisted-stalk,
Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius
Leaf margins and nodes not coarsely ciliate; leaves strongly cordate-clasping, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Air Yam,
Dioscorea bulbifera
Leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, glabrous, entire, apex long-acuminate, per Flora of North America.
Mountain Paper Birch,
Betula cordifolia
Leaves are cordate-based, and twigs are nearly glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Mulberry-weed,
Fatoua villosa
Alternate, ovate leaves with cordate bases, borne on long petioles (about as long as leaf blade), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Weak Nettle,
Urtica chamaedryoides
Leaf base nearly cordate to rounded, sometimes cuneate in distal leaves, per Flora of North America.
Common Wild Ginger,
Asarum canadense
Each plant has 2 kidney-shaped leaves with cordate bases, on long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Reflexed Wild Ginger,
Asarum reflexum
Leaves deciduous, membranous, pubescent, cordate to reniform, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Dwarf-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis naniflora
Leaves cordate to orbicular-cordate, variegated, 4-6cm long and wide, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
Dwarf-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis naniflora
Leaves rounded with cordate base; all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Virginia Heartleaf,
Hexastylis virginica
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
French Broad Heartleaf,
Hexastylis rhombiformis
Leaves cordate to subreniform, 3-6cm long & wide, not variegated, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
Mountain Heartleaf,
Hexastylis contracta
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
Sandhill Heartleaf,
Hexastylis sorriei
Leaves rounded, solid green or faintly variegated, base cordate, sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
Variable-leaf Heartleaf,
Hexastylis heterophylla
Leaves with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
Large-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
Leaves rounded, w cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora.
Harper's Heartleaf,
Hexastylis harperi
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of their sides convex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Lewis's Heartleaf,
Hexastylis lewisii
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Wild Dock,
Acetosa hastatula
Inner sepals cordate with a wide, membranous, erose wing, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia convolvulus
Leaf apex acute to acuminate, leaf base cordate to cordate-sagittate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Giant Knotweed,
Reynoutria sachalinensis
Leaf blade ovate-oblong, 15-30(-40)cm long, base cordate, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
Love-chain,
Antigonon leptopus
Leaf base usually cordate, margins ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, per Flora of North America.
Fragrant White Water-lily,
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
Leaf basal lobes w rather sharp corner or angle [vs. Nymphoides more cordate], per Weakley's Flora.
Marsh-marigold,
Caltha palustris var. palustris
Leaves almost round, cordate at the base, toothed but never divided or cleft, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Common Tall Meadowrue,
Thalictrum pubescens
Leaflet apex usually 2-3(5) lobed; base rounded to cuneate, rarely subcordate, per The Status of Thalictrum hepaticum (Keener, 1981).
Common Tall Meadowrue,
Thalictrum pubescens
Leaflets cordate, nearly orbiculate, ovate or obovate, apically undivided to 2-3(5)lobed/toothed, per Flora of North America.
Kidneyleaf Buttercup,
Ranunculus abortivus
Cauline lvs mostly lobed or divided; basal not so, w reniform to cordate bases, per Weakley's Flora.
Kidneyleaf Buttercup,
Ranunculus abortivus
Cordate basal leaves that are broader than long, with distinctive broad teeth that are flattish, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Fig Buttercup,
Ficaria verna ssp. verna
Leaves simple, cordate, unlobed, up to 4cm x 4cm, per Weakley's Flora.
Cupseed,
Calycocarpum lyonii
Leaves not peltate, 3-7-lobed, lobes acute, sinuses usually deep, base cordate, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Shepherd's Purse,
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Better known by its obcordate-triangular seed pods than its minute flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Money Plant,
Lunaria annua
Leaves cordate-based, triangular, and with coarse teeth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Yellow Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia flava
Blade of the hood broadly reniform to orbicular-reniform, broadly cordate basally, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Appalachian False Goatsbeard,
Astilbe biternata
Terminal leaflets are acuminate and usually 3-lobed with a cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Ozark Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis vernalis
Leaves mostly obovate, base cuneate (one side cuneate, rounded or cordate), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Large Witch-alder,
Fothergilla major
Leaves lobed or coarsely toothed near tip, or entire; base rounded or slightly cordate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
Large Witch-alder,
Fothergilla major
The lowermost secondary veins forming a V shape in an otherwise larger cordate or rounded base, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Robin-runaway,
Dalibarda repens
Leaves cordate-based, almost circular, with scalloped margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Common Agrimony,
Agrimonia gryposepala
Stipules large and foliaceous, semicordate, 1-2cm wide, per Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).
Bradford Pear,
Pyrus calleryana
Initially circular, maturing to ovate or slightly cordate with tapering tip, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
Toothed Medick,
Medicago polymorpha
Leaflets obovate to obcordate, mostly 6-15mm long, apically denticulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel,
Oxalis dillenii
Leaflets 3, obcordate, lobed 1/5-1/3 length, green on both surfaces, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).
Small's wood-sorrel,
Oxalis colorea
Leaflets 3, obcordate, green on both surfaces, per Further Observations on the Oxalis dillenii Group (Oxalidaceae) (Nesom et al., 2014).
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel,
Oxalis stricta
Leaflets obcordate, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, light green to
yellowish-green, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).
Large Wood-sorrel,
Oxalis grandis
Leaflets obcordate, lobed 1/5 length, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).