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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.
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.
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.
Buffalo-nut,
Pyrularia pubera
Calyx 5-lobed; petals absent; style short & thick, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
Dutchman's Pipe,
Isotrema macrophyllum
Flower is a fleshy tubular S-curved calyx terminating in 3 spreading lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Canada Wild Ginger,
Asarum canadense
False calyx tube cylindric, externally hirsute (often densely), per Flora of North America.
Canada Wild Ginger,
Asarum canadense
Calyx lobes acuminate to short-caudate, 10-25mm long, spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Acuminate Wild Ginger,
Asarum acuminatum
Calyx lobes erect to ascending, long-caudate, 15-35mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Reflexed Wild Ginger,
Asarum reflexum
Calyx lobes 5-10(12)mm long, strongly reflexed, often ~ appressed against tube, per Weakley's Flora.
Acuminate Wild Ginger,
Asarum acuminatum
Calyx tube 10-20mm long (vs. that of A. canadense 4-10mm long), per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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).
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).
Little Brown Jug,
Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia
Calyx gradually contracted to a smooth waist just below calyx lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
Appalachian Little Brown Jug,
Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii
Calyx lobes erect, 2-4mm long, 2-4mm wide at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
Sandhills Heartleaf,
Hexastylis sorriei
Calyx tube 8-18mm long, flared; calyx lobes shorter than width of tube orifice, per Weakley's Flora.
Large-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis 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).
Harper's Heartleaf,
Hexastylis harperi
Calyx tube broadly urceolate-campanulate or rhombic-ovate/broadest near middle, per Weakley's Flora.
Sandhill Wild-buckwheat,
Eriogonum tomentosum
Calyx of 2 whorls, each of 3 united sepals. Petals absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Swamp Smartweed,
Persicaria setacea
Racemes densely flowered. Calyx greenish to pinkish or whitish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Arrowleaf Tearthumb,
Persicaria sagittata
Flowers have 5 [calyx] lobes and usually 8 stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia convolvulus
Flowers in axillary fascicles or racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia scandens
Calyx with a distinctly wavy or tattered margin and wing-keeled in fruit, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Crested Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia cristata
Flowers in racemes. Calyx green to white or pinkish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Japanese Knotweed,
Reynoutria japonica
Flowers in axillary, paniculate racemes. Calyx 1.5-2mm long in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Erect Spiderling,
Boerhavia erecta
Flowers without calyx-like involucres, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Knawel,
Scleranthus annuus
Cymes congested, flowers numerous. Calyx tube coarsely ribbed, hardened, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Starry Campion,
Silene stellata
Flowers have an inflated, bell-shaped calyx, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Forked Catchfly,
Silene dichotoma ssp. dichotoma
Calyxes narrowly tubular. Stems hairy but not glandular, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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.
Sleepy Catchfly,
Silene antirrhina
Calyx tube ovoid, glabrous, 6-9mm long, its lobes frequently purplish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Fire Pink,
Silene virginica var. virginica
Flower stalks and calyx are covered with dense, sticky, glandular hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Royal Catchfly,
Silene regia
Calyx prominently 10-veined, tubular in flower, 18-25 x 3-4mm, per Flora of North America.
South Carolina Wild-pink,
Silene caroliniana var. caroliniana
Calyx tube glandular-pubescent, 15-22mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Night-flowering Catchfly,
Silene noctiflora
Calyx prominently 10-veined, ovate-elliptic, fusiform, narrowed to both ends, per Flora of North America.
Eastern Fringed Campion,
Silene catesbaei
Calyx becoming 2.5cm long, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
Southern Leatherflower,
Clematis crispa
Flowers solitary, terminal on each branch. Calyx cylindric below, flared above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Climbing Hydrangea,
Hydrangea barbara
Calyx tube 7-10 ribbed, turbinate, about 1.5mm long in anthesis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Appalachian Mock-orange,
Philadelphus inodorus
Flowers with 4-5 white petals, stems & calyx usually glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
Hairy Mock-orange,
Philadelphus hirsutus
Stems & calyx hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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.
Two-leaved Miterwort,
Mitella diphylla
Calyx tube mostly cup-shaped, the petals small and deeply fringed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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.
Mapleleaf Alumroot,
Heuchera villosa
The calyx is covered with long white hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Mapleleaf Alumroot,
Heuchera 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.
American Alumroot,
Heuchera americana
Calyx glandular-puberulent, greenish; stamens and style exserted, per Weakley's Flora.
Brook Lettuce,
Micranthes micranthidifolia
Calyx tube absent; sepals 1.5-2.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
American Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Last year's calyx lobes.
American Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Calyx lobes 4, reflexed, adnate to ovary, adaxially yellow-green to yellow, per Flora of North America.
Vernal Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis vernalis
Flowering Dec-Mar. Calyx oft deep purple adaxially; petals reddish to yellow, per Flora of North America.
Indian Strawberry,
Potentilla indica
5 bracts, widened upward with 3(5) teeth, interspersed with 5 calyx lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Old Field Cinquefoil,
Potentilla simplex
Epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, often larger than sepals, per Flora of North America.
Purple-flowering Raspberry,
Rubus odoratus
Peduncles, pedicels and calyx covered with gland-tipped red trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.