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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 (Hunter, 2002).
Mapleleaf Alumroot,
Heuchera villosa
The calyx is covered with long white hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
American Alumroot,
Heuchera americana
Calyx tube turbinate to campanulate; adnate portion of hypanthium longer than free portion, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
American Alumroot,
Heuchera americana
Calyx glandular-puberulent, greenish; stamens and style exserted, per Weakley's Flora.
Purple Alumroot,
Heuchera hispida
At the onset of anthesis, stamens exserted 3mm+ and styles 2.6mm+ beyond the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Marbled Alumroot,
Heuchera pubescens
Flowers viewed from the side will look mostly green owing to the long (9-10mm) calyx lobes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Brook Lettuce,
Micranthes micranthidifolia
Calyx tube absent; sepals 1.5-2.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Northern Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Last year's calyx lobes.
Northern Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana
Calyx lobes 4, reflexed, adnate to ovary, adaxially yellow-green to yellow, per Flora of North America.
Ozark Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis vernalis
Calyx lobes 4, reflexed, adnate to ovary, per Flora of North America.
Ozark Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis vernalis
Calyx often adaxially deep purple, 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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Dwarf Cinquefoil,
Potentilla canadensis
Calyx lobes 2-5mm long, bracts slightly longer. Petals 7-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Old Field Cinquefoil,
Potentilla simplex
Epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, often larger than sepals, per Flora of North America.
Purple Flowering-raspberry,
Rubacer odoratum
Peduncles, pedicels and calyx covered with gland-tipped red trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Pale Avens,
Geum virginianum
Calyx reflexed soon after anthesis, per Weakley's Flora.
Spring Avens,
Geum vernum
Head of achenes elevated above the calyx on a 1-2mm stipe, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Spring Avens,
Geum vernum
The presence of a stalk between the calyx and the achene head is diagnostic, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Bowman's Root,
Gillenia trifoliata
A reddish, tubular, 5-lobed calyx that persists after flowers drop, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
Oneflower Hawthorn,
Crataegus uniflora
Calyx slightly elevated, lobes lanceolate, foliaceous, glandular-serrate, persistent on fruit, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Oneflower Hawthorn,
Crataegus uniflora
Calyx broad, lobes 4-7mm long, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Allegheny Hawthorn,
Crataegus alleghaniensis
Twigs, young leaves often sparsely hairy; calyx sessile, fruit soft after maturity. — Ron Lance
Scarlet Hawthorn,
Crataegus coccinea
...in combination w even-toothed calyx lobes & 5-10 stamens, are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Schuette's Hawthorn,
Crataegus schuettei
20 stamens and glandular-serrate calyx lobes the chief diagnostic features, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Forest Hawthorn,
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
Typical C. iracunda has hard red fruit with a sessile calyx, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Biltmore Hawthorn,
Crataegus intricata var. biltmoreana
Leaves villous or sparsely hairy; calyx lobes deeply glandular-serrate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Dotted Hawthorn,
Crataegus punctata
Calyx lobes subentire. Fruits vary in shape and size (12mm-22mm), per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Washington Hawthorn,
Crataegus phaenopyrum
Fruit subglobose, 4-7mm wide, bright red. Calyx collar sessile and open, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
European Medlar,
Crataegus germanica
Calyx lobes foliaceous on fruit, calyx collar open, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Downy Serviceberry,
Amelanchier arborea
Fruit a reddish-purple, nearly round, fleshy pome; calyxes persistent, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Eastern Serviceberry,
Amelanchier canadensis
Position of calyx remnants reveal fruit to be derived from an inferior ovary.
Mimosa,
Albizia julibrissin
Stamens so prominent that close inspection necessary to see calyx & corolla, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Eastern Redbud,
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Calyx reddish or roseate, basally oblique, lobes triangularly dentate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo,
Baptisia aberrans
Calyx glabrous except for the densely short-ciliate margin, the upper lip barely divided, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Creamy Wild Indigo,
Baptisia bracteata
Calyx upper lip only slightly emarginate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Creamy Wild Indigo,
Baptisia bracteata
Calyx glabrous or spreading short-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Horsefly Weed,
Baptisia tinctoria
Calyx persistent, campanulate, tube 2-3mm long, upper teeth ca. 0.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
a hybrid Wild Indigo,
Baptisia ×serenae
Raceme slender: calyx lobes shorter than tube, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
Narrow-pod White Wild Indigo,
Baptisia albescens
Flowering pedicels 3-10mm long; calyx 4.5-6.5mm long; corolla 13-16(18)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Aaron's Rod,
Thermopsis villosa
Rachis and calyx tawny-tomentose, pedicels strongly ascendent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Appalachian Golden-banner,
Thermopsis mollis
Calyx pubescent, the lobes 2-2.5mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Ashleaf Golden-banner,
Thermopsis fraxinifolia
Pedicels as long or longer than the bracts. Calyx glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
Low Rattlebox,
Crotalaria maritima
Petals yellow, equaling or longer than the calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Arrowhead Rattlebox,
Crotalaria sagittalis
Calyx loosely pubescent (vs. that of C. purshii strigose), per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
Smooth Rattlebox,
Crotalaria pallida var. obovata
Calyx densely pubescent, bracteoles at its base. Corolla ~ 2x long as calyx, per Flora of China.
Slenderleaf Rattlebox,
Crotalaria ochroleuca
Corolla pale yellow or white, exserted far beyond calyx, per Flora of China.
Persian Clover,
Trifolium resupinatum
Calyx strongly 2-lipped, calyx tube bladdery and greatly inflated in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Rabbitfoot Clover,
Trifolium arvense
Long soft hairs of calyxes all but conceal tiny pink or white flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Crimson Clover,
Trifolium incarnatum
Calyx densely tawny villous, lobes at first erect but later wide-spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
White Clover,
Trifolium repens
Flowers borne on distinct pedicels. Calyx lobes narrowly triangular, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Buffalo Clover,
Trifolium reflexum
Calyx lobes 4mm or more long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Buffalo Clover,
Trifolium reflexum
Calyx lobes subulate [awl-shaped], setaceous [having bristles], < 0.4mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
White Sweetclover,
Melilotus albus
Calyx lobes deltoid to subulate, 0.5-1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Piedmont Indigo-bush,
Amorpha schwerinii
Calyx lobes approach, = or exceed length of calyx tube; racemes 3-8(15)cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Mountain Indigo-bush,
Amorpha glabra
Calyx lobes obolete or nearly so or weakly undulate, longest usually < 0.6mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Buckroot,
Pediomelum canescens
Flowers in 1-2" racemes, 4-8 per raceme. The calyx is densely downy, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Summer Farewell,
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
Flower heads dense; calyx lobes feathery silvery white, petals inconspicuous, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Summer Farewell,
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
The showy calyx lobes remain bright as the plant darkens with fall frosts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Summer Farewell,
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
Calyx tube densely villous, 10-nerved; lobes plumose, filiform-subulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).