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Big Bluestem,
Andropogon gerardi
Grass flowers usually w 2 lodicules, 3 stamens, ovary w 2 feathery stigmas, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
Splitbeard Bluestem,
Andropogon ternarius
Grass flowers usually w 2 lodicules, 3 stamens, ovary w 2 feathery stigmas, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
Biltmore Carrionflower,
Smilax biltmoreana
The tepals are attached at the base of the superior ovary (developing berry).
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).
Little Sweet Betsy,
Trillium cuneatum
Ovary and stamens should not be this color, but some plants don't read the keys.
Yellow Trillium,
Trillium luteum
Ovary and stamens greenish-white during flowering, per Weakley's Flora.
Lanceleaf Trillium,
Trillium lancifolium
Petals stiffly erect, extremely narrow; stamens arched over ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Southern Nodding Trillium,
Trillium rugelii
Petals strongly recurved; ovary mostly white to pink, stamens bicolored, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
White-flowered Red Trillium,
Trillium erectum var. album
Stamens & ovary (cup) totally exposed. Sepals & petals (saucer) spreading, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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).
White-flowered Red Trillium,
Trillium erectum var. album
All Trillium erectum have a dark ovary, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Vasey's Trillium,
Trillium vaseyi
Stamens with yellow to maroon anthers, much longer than purple-black ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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).
Amicalola Trillium,
Trillium species 2
Resembles T. flexipes in ovary characters and floral fragrance, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Bent Trillium,
Trillium flexipes
Filaments shorter than the creamy anthers; ovary with prominent stigmas, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Bent Trillium,
Trillium flexipes
White-to-pink, protruding, flask-shaped ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Amicalola Trillium,
Trillium species 2
Stamens much longer than ovary; stigmas pronounced & recoiled, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Sweet White Trillium,
Trillium simile
Stamens much longer than ovary; ovary black to purplish-black, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Sweet White Trillium,
Trillium simile
Ovary dark purple and strongly angled, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Catesby's Trillium,
Trillium catesbaei
Ovary white, sharply to obscurely angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Large-flowered Trillium,
Trillium grandiflorum
Flowers above leaves; anthers straight, pale yellow, concealing young ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Painted Trillium,
Trillium undulatum
Filaments are white; anthers yellow or purple; ovary white, not angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Chattahoochee Trillium,
Trillium decipiens
Petals overlapping at the base, hiding the stamens & ovary, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
Lookout Mountain Trillium,
Trillium species 3
Petals narrow (< 1/2" wide); ovary purplish; floral fragrance obnoxious, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
Yellow Sunnybell,
Schoenolirion croceum
Yellow tepals and a green or greenish-yellow superior ovary, per Flora of North America.
Turk's Cap Lily,
Lilium superbum
A superior ovary, thus attached above the point of the tepals' attachment.
Annual Blue-eyed Grass,
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
[The tepals] appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology.
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.
Georgia Hackberry,
Celtis tenuifolia
Calyx 5-6 lobed nearly to base. Petals absent. Superior ovary with 2 stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Pokeweed,
Phytolacca americana
5-30 stamens that are as long as the sepals. Superior ovary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Goldenseal,
Hydrastis canadensis
Flower solitary, superior ovary with numerous carpels. Scape densely hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Evergreen Barberry,
Berberis julianae
Flowers 10-25-fascicled. Berberis's superior ovary symmetrically club-shaped, per Flora of China.
Nandina,
Nandina domestica
Tepals and anthers are attached at the base of the superior ovary.
Bloodroot,
Sanguinaria canadensis
A superior ovary, and about twice as many stamens as petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Hooded Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia minor var. minor
The umbrella-like style covers and mostly conceals the ovary, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Miccosukee Gooseberry,
Ribes echinellum
Ovary and fruit are densely covered in long, gland-tipped bristles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Prickly Gooseberry,
Ribes cynosbati
Glandular hairs on ovary become stiff spines on mature fruit; stamens 1-2mm, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Carolina Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia caroliniana
Midway between petal base & apex, (9)11-17 main parallel veins; ovary white, per Weakley's Flora.
Carolina Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia caroliniana
The creamy white ovary turns brown with age, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia grandifolia
Midway between petal base and apex, 5-9 main parallel veins; ovary green, per Weakley's Flora.
Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia grandifolia
Ovary green, sometimes white toward the base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
American Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Calyx lobes 4, reflexed, adnate to ovary, adaxially yellow-green to yellow, per Flora of North America.
Eastern Serviceberry,
Amelanchier canadensis
Position of calyx remnants reveal fruit to be derived from an inferior ovary.
Greater Caltrop,
Kallstroemia maxima
Similar to Tribulus but w unarmed fruit, 10-12 locular ovary, 1-seeded carpels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Scarlet Rosemallow,
Hibiscus coccineus
In Malvaceae, stamens are united to form a long tube surrounding the ovary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Evening Primrose,
Oenothera biennis
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Southern Sundrops,
Oenothera fruticosa +
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as 7-15mm calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Northern Sundrops,
Oenothera tetragona +
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
White-nymph,
Trepocarpus aethusae
Inferior ovary. Pedicels of fertile flowers ~ 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Flowering Dogwood,
Benthamidia florida
Hypanthium appressed-hairy, completely adnate to ovary; sepals 0.5-0.8mm, per Flora of North America.
Flowering Dogwood,
Benthamidia florida
Remnants of other floral parts still visible at the top of the inferior ovary.
Appalachian Pygmy Pipes,
Monotropsis odorata
A superior ovary with capitate [head-like] stigma, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
American Persimmon,
Diospyros virginiana
Position of calyx remnant reveals fruit to be derived from a superior ovary, per Woody Plants of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Appalachian Dodder,
Cuscuta rostrata
Ovary with a long, beak-like projection at the top; corolla 4-6mm long & wide, per Weakley's Flora.
European Fly-honeysuckle,
Lonicera xylosteum
Corolla pubescent on the exterior. Bracts, sepals, and ovary glandular, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Five-lobed Cucumber,
Cayaponia quinqueloba
Other floral whorls appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology.
Creeping Cucumber,
Melothria pendula
The picture shows the evolution of the inferior ovary into developing fruit.
Wahlenbergia,
Wahlenbergia marginata
Calyx tube adnate to ovary, forming hypanthium; corolla & stamens atop ovary, per Flora of China.