Your search found 17 image(s) of leaves of Indian Cucumberroot, Starry Campion, Whorled Coreopsis and Loosestrife.
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Indian Cucumber-root
Medeola virginiana
Look for it in moist forests, usually with acidic soils
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Leaves parallel-veined, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Flowering plants have a second whorl of 3 smaller leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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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
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Unusual for this genus, most of its leaves are in whorls of 4, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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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
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A good opportunity to compare Whorled Coreopsis to Whorled Loosestrife!
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Leaves in whorls of 3-7, usually 4-5, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Woodland Coreopsis, Whorled Coreopsis
Coreopsis major var. major
Look for it in woodlands
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Middle leaflet of median leaves 10-30mm wide [wider than var. rigida], per Weakley's Flora.
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Less common than var. stellata [rigida], and with pubescent stems & leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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Look for it in dry woodlands & forests
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The opposite paired leaves are so deeply cut they resemble 6 whorled leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
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Middle leaflet of median leaves 5-10(12)mm wide [narrower than var. major], per Weakley's Flora.
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Stems and leaves glabrous, or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.