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Purple Loosestrife,
Lythrum salicaria
Flowers sessile against the flowering stalks, or with very short pedicels, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
Ciliate Meadowbeauty,
Rhexia petiolata
Leaves sessile, less than 1" long, margins lined w short conspicuous hairs, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Wingstem Water-primrose,
Ludwigia decurrens
The edges of the sessile, narrow lanceolate leaves extend down the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Mexican Primose-willow,
Ludwigia octovalvis
Flowers solitary in the axils, subsessile or on stalks to about 1cm long, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
Water-willow,
Ludwigia leptocarpa
Leaves elliptic, pubescent, to 12cm x 3cm, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Common Water-purslane,
Ludwigia palustris
This species prostrate or floating. Minute flowers sessile in the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Great Willowherb,
Chamaenerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum
Numerous crowded lance-shaped, entire, sessile leaves to 6" long & 1.2" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Dwarf Ginseng,
Nanopanax trifolius
A whorl of 3 leaves, each with 3-5 coarsely toothed, sessile leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Dwarf Ginseng,
Nanopanax trifolius
Three leaves in a whorl on summit of stem, with 3-5 sessile leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Shield Marsh-pennywort,
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Inflorescence verticillate, flowers and fruits sessile or subsessile, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Black Snakeroot,
Sanicula marilandica
Polygamous umbellet with sessile to subsessile mature fruits and pedicellate staminate flowers, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
Small's Sanicle,
Sanicula smallii
Fruit sessile or subsessile, uncinate-bristled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Beaked Sanicle,
Sanicula trifoliata
Polygamous umbellet with sessile mature fruits and pedicellate staminate flowers, per A synopsis of the genus Sanicula (Apiaceae) in eastern Canada (Pryer & Phillippe, 1989).
Heartleaf Golden-Alexanders,
Zizia aptera
Each umbellet's central flwr staminate & pedicelled, or pistillate & sessile, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
Mountain Golden-Alexanders,
Zizia trifoliata
Each umbellet's central flwr staminate & pedicelled, or pistillate & sessile, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
Black Huckleberry,
Gaylussacia baccata
Sepals 0.7-1mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular, per Flora of North America.
Bear Huckleberry,
Gaylussacia ursina
Sepals 0.5mm, glabrous, sparsely sessile-glandular, per Flora of North America.
Bear Huckleberry,
Gaylussacia ursina
Leaves with golden, sessile glands on the lower surface only, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Flowering Pyxie-moss,
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata
Leaves crowded, sessile (can be mistaken for moss!), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Sandhills Pyxie-moss,
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia
Flowers sessile, ~ 1/4" wide; stamens conspicuous, arising between petals, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Lanceleaf Loosestrife,
Steironema lanceolatum
Leaves mostly sessile, often folded along midrib. Flowers somewhat nodding, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Carolina Loosestrife,
Lysimachia loomisii
Leaves sessile, linear, tapered to both ends, opposite or in whorls of 3-4, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Pocosin Loosestrife,
Lysimachia asperulifolia
Whorls... of sessile, rounded-based, acuminate leaves on an unbranched stem, per Weakley's Flora.
Indian-pink,
Spigelia marilandica
Leaves sessile, with leaf tips acute or acuminate & bases usually rounded, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Small-leaved Miterwort,
Mitreola sessilifolia
Leaves ovate to widely elliptic, acute to obtuse, base rounded, sessile..., per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Caribbean Miterwort,
Mitreola petiolata
Leaves 2-8cm long, petiolate or subsessile and tapering to a cuneate base, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Rose-pink,
Sabatia angularis
Leaves opposite, spreading to ascending, sessile and often clasping, per Gentians of the Eastern US (Drake, 2011).
Pinewoods Rose-gentian,
Sabatia gentianoides
A group of 1-5 flowers, sessile or subsessile. Linear bracts exceed corolla, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Cumberland Rose-gentian,
Sabatia capitata
Leaves 1-2" long, lanceolate with acute tips, sessile or somewhat clasping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Stiff Gentian,
Gentianella quinquefolia
Stem leaves sessile with acute tips & rounded base; basal leaves spatulate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Purple Savanna Milkweed,
Asclepias rubra
Leaves sessile, lanceolate, cuneate to rounded at base, acuminate at apex, per Weakley's Flora.
Wavyleaf Milkweed,
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Leaves mucronate, crispate, auriculate-clasping, glaucous, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Pinewoods Milkweed,
Asclepias humistrata
Leaves blue-green with pink veins, smooth, thick, oval, sessile-clasping, to 4" long, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
Stalked Milkweed,
Asclepias pedicellata
Leaves sessile, narrowly lance-shaped to linear, and 1.25-3.5" long, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Swallow-wort,
Pattalias paluster
Leaves sessile, reflexed, persistent, linear, the margins parallel, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Compact Dodder,
Cuscuta compacta
Flowers in sessile compact clusters, pedicels absent, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Appalachian Phacelia,
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
Cauline leaves short-petiolate to sessile, pinnately divided, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Miami-mist,
Phacelia purshii
Upper leaves sessile, clasping, pinnately lobed; lower stalked, oft compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Fringed Phacelia,
Phacelia fimbriata
Upper leaves sessile, clasping, pinnately lobed; lower stalked, oft compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Clasping Heliotrope,
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Stem leaves sessile/sub-sessile, oblong-oblanceolate, sordid, tawny-villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Viper's-bugloss,
Echium vulgare
Cauline lvs oblong to linear-lanceolate, sessile, progressively smaller upward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Bigseed Forget-me-not,
Myosotis macrosperma
Stem leaves sessile, the lower spatulate, the upper elliptic and smaller, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Blue Scorpion-grass,
Myosotis stricta
Basal leaves 1-2cm long, narrowed to a winged petiole; cauline leaves sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Virginia Bluebells,
Mertensia virginica
Basal lvs long-petiolate, upper& middle cauline lvs short-petiolate to sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Purpletop Vervain,
Verbena bonariensis
Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile with clasping bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Purpletop Vervain,
Verbena incompta
Leaves narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, sessile with clasping bases, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Carolina Vervain,
Verbena carnea
Leaves sessile or subsessile, cuneate, not lobed or some lower on stem 3-lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
Stiff Verbena,
Verbena rigida
Leaves sessile, partially clasping the stem, with flaring coarse teeth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Narrowleaf Blue Curls,
Trichostema setaceum
Leaves short-petioled to sessile, linear and bluntly pointed, to 2" long, smooth, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
Carpet Bugle,
Ajuga reptans
Thyrse leafy-bracteate, cymules sessile, 3-5 flowered; bracts reduced upward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
American Germander,
Teucrium canadense var. canadense
Usually a bracteate thyrse with sessile cymules, each with 3-5 flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Hyssop Skullcap,
Scutellaria integrifolia
Middle & upper leaves are lanceolate & taper to a sessile base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Carolina Birds-in-a-nest,
Macbridea caroliniana
Leaves 6-13cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, lower petiolate, upper sessile.
Henbit,
Lamium amplexicaule var. amplexicaule
Whorls of flowers subtended by sessile, horizontal leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Henbit,
Lamium amplexicaule var. amplexicaule
Leaves nearly round, upper ones sessile & almost clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Narrowleaf Mountain-mint,
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Leaves linear, 1-2" long, about 1/8" wide, nearly sessile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Short-toothed Mountain-mint,
Pycnanthemum muticum var. 1
Leaves short-petioled to sessile, oval to lance-shaped, finely toothed, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
Wild-oregano,
Cunila origanoides
A wiry, much-branched plant with sessile ovate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Wild-oregano,
Cunila origanoides
Leaves sessile or short-petioled, oval to lance-shaped, with sparingly toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
Shaggy Hedge-hyssop,
Sophronanthe pilosa
Leaves are sessile, ovate, with smooth or irregularly toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).