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Indian Cucumber-root
Medeola virginiana
Look for it in moist forests, usually with acidic soils
Leaves parallel-veined, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Flowering plants have a second whorl of 3 smaller leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Vegetative plants have a single whorl of 5-11 leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Starry Campion, Widow's-frill
Silene stellata
Look for it in dry to mesic forests, rock outcrops
Unusual for this genus, most of its leaves are in whorls of 4, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Whorled Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia
Look for it in wide variety of forests & openings, including pine savannas of the outer Coastal Plain, ranging from moist to very dry
Leaves in whorls of 3-7, usually 4-5, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Whorled Coreopsis, Woodland Coreopsis
Coreopsis major var. major
Look for it in woodlands
Middle leaflet of median leaves 10-30mm wide [wider than var. rigida], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Less common than var. stellata [rigida], and with pubescent stems & leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
Look for it in dry woodlands and forests
The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
Middle leaflet of median leaves 5-10(12)mm wide [narrower than var. major], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Stems and leaves glabrous, or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.