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English Plantain,
Plantago lanceolata
Spike 1-8cm long, densely flowered and fruited, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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English Plantain,
Plantago lanceolata
Flowers have spreading to reflexed lobes & open first at the bottom of spike, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Bracted Plantain,
Plantago aristata
Spike 1-6" long with stiff bracts protruding from the flower cluster, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Sand Plantain,
Plantago indica
Densely flowered/fruited spike 0.8-1.8cm long; stamens & stigmas well-exserted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Yellow Honeysuckle,
Lonicera flava
Fruit often borne in one crowded whorl on the fruiting spike, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Annual Ragweed,
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Male flowers in spikelike clusters that terminate stem and upper branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Annual Ragweed,
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Female heads roundish, clustered in upper leaf axils below male spike, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Slender Rattlesnake-root,
Nabalus autumnalis
Its narrow spikelike panicle distinguishes it from other Prenanthes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Shortleaf Blazing-star,
Liatris tenuifolia
Flower heads in a dense long spikelike raceme, usually 5 flowers per head, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Rough Blazing-star,
Liatris aspera
Inflorescence long & spikelike w many mostly sessile heads, 14-35 flowers ea, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Black Snakeroot,
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
Heads in oblong, terminal spikes, per Weakley's Flora (2022).