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Common Name:
Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail
Female flowers in brown cylindrical spike; male spike above and contiguous, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Bunched Arrowhead
Flowers usually in 2-4 whorls of 3, upper usually staminate, lower pistillate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato
Showy white flowers with 3 petals, the lower flowers usually female, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Common Name:
Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe
Slender club-shaped spadix enclosed in a narrow pointed green spathe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Virginia Dayflower
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Common Name:
Asiatic Dayflower, Common Dayflower
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. communis
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. ludens
Lower petal white and reduced, so the flower appears to be only 2 petals, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Common Name:
Murdannia, Asian Spiderwort, Marsh Dewflower, Wart-removing Herb
Superficially suggestive of a miniature Spiderwort, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Little Sweet Betsy, Purple Toadshade
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Trillium hugeri
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Common Name:
Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium
Petals strongly reflexed above the tube; anthers curved outward, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Common Name:
Smooth Solomon's Seal
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Polygonatum commutatum
Flowers tubular with 6 short lobes, greenish when young, white when mature, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Garden Star of Bethlehem
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ornithogalum umbellatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Stamens about half the length of the perianth, the filaments membranous-winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Starch Grape-hyacinth, Blue Bottles
(?)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Muscari atlanticum
Corolla ellipsoid-ovoid, distinctly longer than wide, the lobes erect, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Field Garlic, Wild Onion, Crow Garlic, Onion Grass
Flowers, if present, pinkish, on stalks c 10-20mm long, per www.plant-identification.co.uk
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Common Name:
Wild Onion, Meadow Garlic
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Allium canadense
The terminal umbel is usually a mixture of bulblets and flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Liriope, Lilyturf
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Liriope graminifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Liriope & Ophiopogon naturalized & commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010)
Liriope graminifolia
Scapes mostly equal to or longer than leaves; inflorescences conspicuous, per Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized and commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010).
Common Name:
Mondo Grass, Black Mondo, Monkeygrass
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Ophiopogon japonicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Liriope & Ophiopogon naturalized & commonly cultivated in the USA (Nesom, 2010)
Ophiopogon japonicus
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass, Stout Blue-eyed Grass
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sisyrinchium graminoides
Stems are usually branched, each with 2(+) spathes on long peduncles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Annual Blue-eyed Grass, Lawn Blue-eyed Grass
INCLUDING
Sisyrinchium exile
Tepals of S. rosulatum flare gradually, usually with a maroon blaze at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Cranefly Orchid
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tipularia unifolia
Flowers greenish, lemon-yellow, rust-brown or purplish, on slender pedicels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
False Nettle
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Boehmeria cylindrica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Boehmeria drummondiana
Inflorescence of small compact glomerules along leafless lateral branches, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Pilea pumila var. deamii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Adicea pumila
Greenish flowers in short drooping clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Curly Dock
Pistillate flowers have 3 feathery stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Broadleaf Dock, Bitter Dock
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Common Name:
Pennsylvania Smartweed, Pinkweed
Rather tight, erect cylindric racemes, 1-2" long and 0.5" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Dockleaf Smartweed, Willow-weed, Pale Smartweed
Tepals 4(5); inflorescences usually arching-drooping, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Longbristle Smartweed, Bristly Lady's-thumb, Tufted Knotweed, Oriental Lady's-thumb
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Polygonum longisetum
Deep reddish-pink flowers on erect terminal spikes only 0.2" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Mild Waterpepper, Swamp Smartweed
Flowers without dotted glands, in erect spikes with gaps between clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Swamp Smartweed, Bog Smartweed
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Polygonum setaceum +
Racemes densely flowered. Calyx greenish to pinkish or whitish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Arrowleaf Tearthumb, Arrowvine
Flowers white or pink in small rounded heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Japanese Knotweed
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Generic Limits in Polygonum (Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd, 1988)
Fallopia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pleuropterus zuccarinii
Flowers in axillary, paniculate racemes. Calyx 1.5-2mm long in flower, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Smooth Pigweed, Smooth Amaranth, Green Amaranth, Hybrid Amaranth
Inflorescences moderately large, usually soft and lax, with spreading branches, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Common Pokeweed, Poke
Flowers have 5 round greenish-white or pinkish petaloid sepals [no petals], per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Common Purslane, Garden Purslane, Pussley
Flowers bright yellow, 1/4-3/8" wide, mostly solitary in a rosette of leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Pink Purslane, Paraguayan Purslane
Flowers less than 20mm across, petals pink to purple, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Common Chickweed
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Alsine media
Three stigmas, red anthers, and 5 two-lobed petals (looking like 10 petals), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed, Gray Chickweed
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cerastium brachypetalum ssp. brachypetalum
Pedicels erect or ascending, 6-15 mm, shaggy. Sepals densely pubescent, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Spatterdock, Yellow Pond Lily
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Nymphaea advena
Flowers w 5-6 large yellow sepals & numerous small petals resembling stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Common Name:
Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Small-flowered Buttercup, Kidney-leaved Crowfoot, Small-flowered Crowfoot
Petals less than 1/8" long, shorter than sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. bulbilifer
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ranunculus ficaria
Flower petals usually narrow and not contiguous, per Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato (Sell 1994).
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Common Name:
Thimbleweed, Tall Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Anemone virginiana
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Anemone riparia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Anemone virginiana
Sepals whitish, petaloid, usually 5; petals absent; stamens numerous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Bloodroot, Red Puccoon
8-16 white petals, 4 of which are slightly longer than the others, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Yellow Fumitory, Yellow Harlequin, Short-spurred Corydalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Capnoides flavulum
Upper petal has a toothed crest and the corolla has a short spur, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Fumitory, Earthsmoke
Corolla purplish, crimson at the tip; one petal with a spur at the base, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cleome spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Neocleome spinosa
Petals clawed, claw 1-1.5cm long. Filaments 4-6cm long (longer than petals), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Field Pennycress, Frenchweed
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Common Name:
Poor Man's Pepper, Peppergrass
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lepidium virginicum
Petals white, entire, less than 1mm long, sometimes absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Shepherd's Purse
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Capsella rubella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Bursa bursa-pastoris
Better known by its obcordate-triangular seed pods than its minute flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Mouse-ear Cress
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arabidopsis thaliana
Fruit terete; petals 2-4mm long, entire, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Early Winter-cress, Creasy
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Barbarea verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Campe verna
Flowers are about 1/4" wide (vs. about 1/2" wide in Brassica), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Hairy Bittercress
Petals white, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Wild Strawberry
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Fragaria virginiana var. virginiana
5 white petals, almost orbicular or obovate, entire or emarginate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry
Flowers have 5 yellow petals, narrowly obovate to elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-fingers
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Potentilla canadensis var. canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Potentilla caroliniana
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Potentilla pumila
Flowers have yellow, obovate petals 0.7-1cm long, and 20 stamens of 3 lengths, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptoglottis microphylla
Each flower in this head has a small 5-lobed corolla & 10 long pink stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Coffeeweed, Sicklepod
Slightly unequal dull yellow petals that never seem to be open fully, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Common Partridge-pea, Showy Partridge Pea
Flowers not pea-like: 5 petals, 4 with a reddish mark at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Sensitive Partridge-pea, Common Sensitive-plant
Flowers about 1/4" across. Lowermost petal about 2x as long as others, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Rabbitfoot Clover
Has a fuzzy, long head of tiny, grayish-pink flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Red Clover
Flowers are tiny, pink, sessile, and borne in a round head 1" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover
Flowers white or pink-tinged. Flower stalks without leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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