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Georgia Hackberry,
Celtis tenuifolia
Calyx 5-6 lobed nearly to base. Petals absent. Superior ovary with 2 stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Osage-orange,
Maclura pomifera
Fruit large & spherical, a multiple of drupelets encased by a fleshy calyx, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Eastern Bastard Toadflax,
Comandra umbellata var. umbellata
Perianth consists of a cuplike calyx w 5 spreading white lobes (no petals), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Buffalo-nut,
Pyrularia pubera
Calyx 5-lobed; petals absent; style short & thick, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Dutchman's Pipe,
Isotrema macrophyllum
Flower is a fleshy tubular S-curved calyx terminating in 3 spreading lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Wild Ginger,
Asarum canadense
False calyx tube cylindric, externally hirsute (often densely), per Flora of North America.
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Common Wild Ginger,
Asarum canadense
Calyx lobes acuminate to short-caudate, 10-25mm long, spreading, per Weakley's Flora.
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Wild Ginger,
Asarum acuminatum
Calyx tube 10-20mm long (vs. that of A. canadense 4-10mm long), per Weakley's Flora.
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Wild Ginger,
Asarum reflexum
Calyx lobes 5-10(12)mm long, strongly reflexed, often ~ appressed against tube, per Weakley's Flora.
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Wild Ginger,
Asarum acuminatum
Calyx lobes erect to ascending, long-caudate, 15-35mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Little Brown Jug,
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
Calyx tube may be ovoid with short erect lobes, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Little Brown Jug,
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
Calyx tube may be urceolate-campanulate with spreading lobes, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Little Brown Jug,
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
Calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below calyx lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
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Appalachian Little Brown Jug,
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
Calyx lobes erect, 2-4mm long, 2-4mm wide at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Dwarf-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis naniflora
Calyx lobes 4-7mm long, 4-7mm wide at base, spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Virginia Heartleaf,
Hexastylis virginica
Calyx lobes 2-4mm long, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Virginia Heartleaf,
Hexastylis virginica
Calyx tube cylindrical to narrowly cylindro-urceolate, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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French Broad Heartleaf,
Hexastylis rhombiformis
Calyx tube rhombic-ovate, 16-24mm long, 12-19mm in diameter, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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French Broad Heartleaf,
Hexastylis rhombiformis
Calyx lobes 3-6mm wide at base, erect to slightly spreading, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Mountain Heartleaf,
Hexastylis contracta
Calyx tube rhombic-ovate (broadest near middle); lobes 3-8mm wide at base, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Sandhill Heartleaf,
Hexastylis sorriei
Calyx tube 8-18mm long, flared; calyx lobes shorter than width of tube orifice, per Weakley's Flora.
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Large-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. shuttleworthii
Calyx tube 15-40mm long, lobes 10-22mm wide at base, spreading ascending, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae. Castanea (L.L. Gaddy, 1987).
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Harper's Heartleaf,
Hexastylis shuttleworthii var. harperi
Calyx tube broadly urceolate-campanulate or rhombic-ovate/broadest near middle, per Weakley's Flora.
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Sandhill Wild-buckwheat,
Eriogonum tomentosum
Calyx of 2 whorls, each of 3 united sepals. Petals absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Curly Dock,
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus
Calyx has 3 narrow outer sepals & 3 inner sepals that expand in fruit, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Swamp Smartweed,
Persicaria setacea
Racemes densely flowered. Calyx greenish to pinkish or whitish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Arrowleaf Tearthumb,
Persicaria sagittata
Flowers have 5 [calyx] lobes and usually 8 stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia convolvulus
Flowers in axillary fascicles or racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia scandens
Calyx with a distinctly wavy or tattered margin and wing-keeled in fruit, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Crested Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia cristata
Flowers in racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Japanese Knotweed,
Reynoutria japonica
Flowers in axillary, paniculate racemes. Calyx 1.5-2mm long in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Erect Spiderling,
Boerhavia erecta
Flowers without calyx-like involucres, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Knawel,
Scleranthus annuus
Cymes congested, flowers numerous. Calyx tube coarsely ribbed, hardened, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Starry Campion,
Silene stellata
Flowers have an inflated, bell-shaped calyx, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Forked Catchfly,
Silene dichotoma ssp. dichotoma
Calyxes narrowly tubular. Stems hairy but not glandular, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Bladder Campion,
Silene vulgaris
Inflated calyx sac is veined and papery and looks like a balloon or melon, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Sleepy Catchfly,
Silene antirrhina
Calyx tube ovoid, glabrous, 6-9mm long, its lobes frequently purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Fire-pink,
Silene virginica var. virginica
A tubular sticky green calyx, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Royal Catchfly,
Silene regia
Calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular in flower, 18-25 x 3-4mm, per Flora of North America.
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South Carolina Wild-pink,
Silene caroliniana var. caroliniana
Calyx tube glandular-pubescent, 15-22mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Eastern Fringed Campion,
Silene catesbaei
Calyx becoming 2.5cm long, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
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Southern Leatherflower,
Clematis crispa
Flowers solitary, terminal on each branch. Calyx cylindric below, flared above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Northern Leatherflower,
Clematis 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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Climbing Hydrangea,
Decumaria barbara
Calyx tube 7-10 ribbed, turbinate, about 1.5mm long in anthesis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Appalachian Mock-orange,
Philadelphus inodorus
Flowers with 4-5 white petals, stems & calyx usually glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Hairy Mock-orange,
Philadelphus hirsutus
Stems & calyx hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Snowy Hydrangea,
Hydrangea radiata
Sterile flowers are 1-3.5cm broad, consisting of a flat 3-4 lobed calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Two-leaved Miterwort,
Mitella diphylla
Calyx tube mostly cup-shaped, the petals small and deeply fringed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Two-leaved Miterwort,
Mitella diphylla
The upright calyx of each flower holds tiny black seeds until jarred out, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Mapleleaf Alumroot,
Heuchera villosa var. villosa
The calyx is covered with long white hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Mapleleaf Alumroot,
Heuchera villosa var. villosa
A cup-shaped white hairy calyx, 5 minute petals, 5 long-extending stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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American Alumroot,
Heuchera americana
Calyx glandular-puberulent, greenish; stamens and style exserted, per Weakley's Flora.
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Brook Lettuce,
Micranthes micranthidifolia
Calyx tube absent; sepals 1.5-2.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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American Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Last year's calyx lobes.
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American Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Calyx lobes 4, reflexed, adnate to ovary, adaxially yellow-green to yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Vernal Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis vernalis
Flowering Dec-Mar. Calyx oft deep purple adaxially; petals reddish to yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Indian Strawberry,
Potentilla indica
5 bracts, widened upward with 3(5) teeth, interspersed with 5 calyx lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Purple-flowering Raspberry,
Rubus odoratus
Peduncles, pedicels and calyx covered with gland-tipped red trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Pale Avens,
Geum virginianum
Calyx reflexed soon after anthesis, 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.