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Annual Blue-eyed Grass,
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
[The tepals] appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology.
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Eastern Serviceberry,
Amelanchier canadensis
Position of calyx remnants reveal fruit to be derived from an inferior ovary.
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Common Evening Primrose,
Oenothera biennis
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Southern Sundrops,
Oenothera fruticosa +
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as 7-15mm calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Northern Sundrops,
Oenothera tetragona +
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Whitenymph,
Trepocarpus aethusae
Inferior ovary. Pedicels of fertile flowers ~ 1mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Flowering Dogwood,
Cornus florida
Remnants of other floral parts still visible at the top of the inferior ovary.
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Five-lobed Cucumber,
Cayaponia quinqueloba
Other floral whorls appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology.
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Creeping Cucumber,
Melothria pendula
The picture shows the evolution of the inferior ovary into developing fruit.