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Sleepy Catchfly,
Silene antirrhina
Leaves spatulate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or linear; sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Fire-pink,
Silene virginica var. virginica
Basal leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, stem leaves sessile and narrow, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Royal Catchfly,
Silene regia
Leaves sessile; blade 3-veined, lanceolate to ovate, rounded into base, per Flora of North America.
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Mountain Catchfly,
Silene ovata
Leaves sessile, oval to elliptical, tapering to a sharp point, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Eastern Fringed Campion,
Silene catesbyi
Stem leaves spatulate, 2.5-10cm long, sessile or tapered to a short stalk, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Appalachian Meadowrue,
Thalictrum coriaceum
Upper leaves subsessile (vs. those of T. dioicum petiolate), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Early Meadowrue,
Thalictrum dioicum
Achenes coarsely ribbed, ellipsoid, subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Small-leaved Meadowrue,
Thalictrum macrostylum
Upper leaves subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Tall Meadowrue,
Thalictrum pubescens
Upper leaves subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Small-flowered Buttercup,
Ranunculus parviflorus
Flowers sessile at first but quickly becoming pedunculate, per www.missouriplants.com
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Kidneyleaf Buttercup,
Ranunculus abortivus
Uppermost leaves mostly sessile & divided into 3-5 narrow lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Tall Buttercup,
Ranunculus acris
Larger leaves appearing (3-)5-parted, all of the segments sessile, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Leatherleaf Mahonia,
Mahonia bealei
Leaflets sessile on the rachis, which appears jointed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Nandina,
Nandina domestica
Leaves pinnately decompound. Leaflets entire, glabrous, sessile or subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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May-apple,
Podophyllum peltatum
Corolla white, firm; petals 6-9, stamens usually 12-18; stigma sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Northern Spicebush,
Lindera benzoin
Flowers in sessile/subsessile clusters. Perianth segments 6, about 2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Long-headed Poppy,
Papaver dubium
Capsule sessile or substipitate, narrowly obovoid, usually distinctly ribbed, per Flora of North America.
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Rocktwist,
Draba ramosissima
Leaves oblanceolate with a few sharp teeth, sessile or the upper clasping, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Bulbous Bittercress,
Cardamine bulbosa
Stem leaves reduced, narrowly oblong or ovate, the upper ones sessile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Common Smooth Rockcress,
Borodinia laevigata
Stem leaves auriculate-sagittate, sometimes clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wild Black Currant,
Ribes americanum
Leaf blade 3-5 lobed, cleft nearly 1/2 to midrib. Surfaces w sessile glands, per Flora of North America.
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Bigleaf Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia grandifolia
A single sessile leaf, similar to the basal leaves, midway on flower stalk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Wineberry,
Rubus phoenicolasius
Lateral leaflets sessile or petiolules to 2mm. Leaves white tomentose beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Black Raspberry,
Rubus occidentalis
Lateral leaflets sessile or on petiolules 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Agrimony,
Agrimonia gryposepala
Stem and inflorescence with short-stalked, or both short-stalked and sessile, glistening glands, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Woodland Agrimony,
Agrimonia rostellata
Stem and inflorescence with short-stalked, or both short-stalked and sessile, glistening glands, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Allegheny Hawthorn,
Crataegus alleghaniensis
Twigs, young leaves often sparsely hairy; calyx sessile, fruit soft after maturity. — Ron Lance
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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).
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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).
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Mimosa,
Albizia julibrissin
Leaflets strikingly asymmetric, 20-40 per pinna, sessile. Tree unarmed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
A sessile, saucer-shaped gland near the middle of the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Horsefly Weed,
Baptisia tinctoria
Small obovate leaflets tapered at the base and nearly sessile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Arrowhead Rattlebox,
Crotalaria sagittalis
Leaves downy, sessile, lanceolate to linear, from 1 to 3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Red Clover,
Trifolium pratense
Flowers are tiny, pink, sessile, and borne in a round head 1" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Sericea Lespedeza,
Lespedeza cuneata
Leaves often gray-green. Lower petioles 1-2.5cm, upper leaves sessile, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Narrow-leaved Lespedeza,
Lespedeza angustifolia
Slender stiffly ascending herb. Leaves almost sessile, leaflets linear, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Clammy Locust,
Robinia viscosa
Branches and peduncles with sessile or subsessile, viscid, "clammy" glands, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Granite Dome Locust,
Robinia hartwigii
Short glandular pubescence [vs. var. viscosa's sessile or bump-like glands], per Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984).
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Bigflower Vetch,
Vicia grandiflora
1-4 flowers clustered in the leaf axil, inflorescence nearly sessile, per Weakley's Flora.
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Wafer-ash,
Ptelea trifoliata
Terminal leaflet sessile, thus different from Poison Ivy and Poison Oak, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Drumheads,
Polygala cruciata
Leaves sessile, 3-4 per node, increasing in size upwards, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Woodland Spurge,
Euphorbia commutata
Stem leaves usually pale yellow-green, mostly sessile, shallowly toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Eastern Flowering Spurge,
Euphorbia corollata
Leaves leathery, sessile, ascending, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Eastern Poison Ivy,
Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans
Leaflets entire to serrate to shallowly lobed; lateral leaflets sessile, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Fragrant Sumac,
Rhus aromatica var. aromatica
Foliage has sessile terminal leaflets (vs. Toxicodendron pubescens has a prominent petiolule), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Fragrant Sumac,
Rhus aromatica var. aromatica
Coarsely toothed above mid-leaflet. Lateral leaflets assymmetric & sessile, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Michaux's Sumac,
Rhus michauxii
Leaflets sessile, simply or doubly serrate, bases rounded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Staghorn Sumac,
Rhus typhina
Leaves with 15-31 sessile, serrate leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Smooth Sumac,
Rhus glabra
Leaves with 15-19 sessile, serrate leaflets. Rachis not winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Hearts-a-bustin',
Euonymus americanus
Leaves thin, lanceolate to ovate, subsessile, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Virginia Marsh St. Johnswort,
Triadenum virginicum
Leaves ovate, elliptic, or oblong, base cordate-clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Early St. Johnswort,
Hypericum nudiflorum
Leaves sessile, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 2-8cm long, and blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Drummond's St. Johnswort,
Hypericum drummondii
Leaves ascending, subulate, 8-18mm long, 0.5-0.8mm wide, acute, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Canada St. Johnswort,
Hypericum canadense
Leaves opposite, sessile, linear, 6-30mm long & to 3mm wide, blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Common Dwarf St. Johnswort,
Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum
Leaves 3-5 nerved, tip obtuse, base clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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European St. Johnswort,
Hypericum perforatum
Leaves sessile, with translucent dots that look like "windows", per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Blue Ridge St. Johnswort,
Hypericum mitchellianum
Sessile, ovate-oblong leaves somewhat clasping, to 2.5" long, half as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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French Tamarisk,
Tamarix gallica
Shrub or small tree with minute gray-green sessile alternate scale-like leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Woolly Beach-heather,
Hudsonia tomentosa
Flowers solitary, sessile at the ends of short spur shoots, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Toothcup,
Rotala ramosior
Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, short-tapered to both ends, sessile, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).