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Big Bluestem,
Andropogon gerardii
Grass flowers usually w 2 lodicules, 3 stamens, ovary w 2 feathery stigmas, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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Splitbeard Bluestem,
Andropogon ternarius var. ternarius
Grass flowers usually w 2 lodicules, 3 stamens, ovary w 2 feathery stigmas, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
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Biltmore Carrionflower,
Smilax biltmoreana
The tepals are attached at the base of the superior ovary (developing berry).
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Little Sweet Betsy,
Trillium cuneatum
Ovary purplish, about the same length as stamens and 1/3 that of petals, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Yellow Trillium,
Trillium luteum
Ovary and stamens greenish-white during flowering, per Weakley's Flora.
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Lanceleaf Trillium,
Trillium lancifolium
Petals stiffly erect, extremely narrow; stamens arched over ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Southern Nodding Trillium,
Trillium rugelii
Petals strongly recurved; ovary mostly white to pink, stamens bicolored, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Wake-robin,
Trillium erectum
Stamens & ovary (cup) totally exposed. Sepals & petals (saucer) spreading, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Wake-robin,
Trillium erectum
Petal color varies, but all T. erectum have a dark ovary, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Southern Red Trillium,
Trillium sulcatum
Stamens longer than ovary, 0.9-1.6 x the height of the pistil, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Vasey's Trillium,
Trillium vaseyi
Stamens with yellow to maroon anthers, much longer than purple-black ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Sweet White Trillium,
Trillium simile
Petals broad enough to overlap at base; stamens much longer than the ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Amicalola Trillium,
Trillium species 2
Resembles T. flexipes in ovary characters and floral fragrance, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Bent Trillium,
Trillium flexipes
Filaments shorter than the creamy anthers; ovary with prominent stigmas, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Bent Trillium,
Trillium flexipes
White-to-pink, protruding, flask-shaped ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Amicalola Trillium,
Trillium species 2
Stamens much longer than ovary; stigmas pronounced & recoiled, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Sweet White Trillium,
Trillium simile
Stamens much longer than ovary; ovary black to purplish-black, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Sweet White Trillium,
Trillium simile
Ovary dark purple and strongly angled, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Catesby's Trillium,
Trillium catesbaei
Ovary white, sharply to obscurely angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Large-flowered Trillium,
Trillium grandiflorum
Flowers above leaves; anthers straight, pale yellow, concealing young ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Painted Trillium,
Trillium undulatum
Filaments are white; anthers yellow or purple; ovary white, not angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Chattahoochee Trillium,
Trillium decipiens
Petals overlapping at the base, hiding the stamens & ovary, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Lookout Mountain Trillium,
Trillium species 3
Petals narrow (< 1/2" wide); ovary purplish; floral fragrance obnoxious, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Yellow Sunnybell,
Schoenolirion croceum
Yellow tepals and a green or greenish-yellow superior ovary, per Flora of North America.
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Turk's Cap Lily,
Lilium superbum
A superior ovary, thus attached above the point of the tepals' attachment.
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Annual Blue-eyed Grass,
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
[The tepals] appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology.
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Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia,
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
A solitary leaf about halfway up the stem & one leaf bract at ovary base, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History.
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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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Common Pokeweed,
Phytolacca americana
5-30 stamens that are as long as the sepals. Superior ovary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Goldenseal,
Hydrastis canadensis
Flower solitary, superior ovary with numerous carpels. Scape densely hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Windflower,
Thalictrum thalictroides
The white sepals surround a cluster of stamens and pistils [superior ovary], per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Evergreen Barberry,
Berberis julianae
Flowers 10-25-fascicled. Berberis's superior ovary symmetrically club-shaped, per Flora of China.
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Nandina,
Nandina domestica
Tepals and anthers are attached at the base of the superior ovary.
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Bloodroot,
Sanguinaria canadensis
A superior ovary, and about twice as many stamens as petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Long-headed Poppy,
Papaver dubium
The stigma is a 5-9 rayed, radially lobed disk on the summit of the ovary, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Hooded Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia minor var. minor
The umbrella-like style covers and mostly conceals the ovary, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Miccosukee Gooseberry,
Ribes echinellum
Ovary and fruit are densely covered in long, gland-tipped bristles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Prickly Gooseberry,
Ribes cynosbati
Glandular hairs on ovary become stiff spines on mature fruit; stamens 1-2mm, per Weakley's Flora.
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Carolina Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia caroliniana
Midway between petal base & apex, (9)11-17 main parallel veins; ovary white, per Weakley's Flora.
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Carolina Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia caroliniana
The creamy white ovary turns brown with age, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia grandifolia
Midway between petal base and apex, 5-9 main parallel veins; ovary green, per Weakley's Flora.
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Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia grandifolia
Ovary green, sometimes white toward the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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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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Eastern Serviceberry,
Amelanchier canadensis
Position of calyx remnants reveal fruit to be derived from an inferior ovary.
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Greater Caltrop,
Kallstroemia maxima
Similar to Tribulus but w unarmed fruit, 10-12 locular ovary, 1-seeded carpels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Evening Primrose,
Oenothera biennis
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Southern Sundrops,
Oenothera fruticosa +
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as 7-15mm calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Northern Sundrops,
Oenothera tetragona +
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Whitenymph,
Trepocarpus aethusae
Inferior ovary. Pedicels of fertile flowers ~ 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Flowering Dogwood,
Cornus florida
Hypanthium appressed-hairy, completely adnate to ovary; sepals 0.5-0.8mm, per Flora of North America.
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Flowering Dogwood,
Cornus florida
Remnants of other floral parts still visible at the top of the inferior ovary.
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Appalachian Pygmy Pipes,
Monotropsis odorata
A superior ovary with capitate [head-like] stigma, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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American Persimmon,
Diospyros virginiana
Position of calyx remnant reveals fruit to be derived from a superior ovary, per Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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European Fly-honeysuckle,
Lonicera xylosteum
Corolla pubescent on the exterior. Bracts, sepals, and ovary glandular, per Weakley's Flora.
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Five-lobed Cucumber,
Cayaponia quinqueloba
Other floral whorls appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology.
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Creeping Cucumber,
Melothria pendula
The picture shows the evolution of the inferior ovary into developing fruit.
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Wahlenbergia,
Wahlenbergia marginata
Calyx tube adnate to ovary, forming hypanthium; corolla & stamens atop ovary, per Flora of China.
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False Sunflower,
Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
Note developing ovary: In contrast to Helianthus, the rays are fertile.