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Broadleaf Arrowhead,
Sagittaria latifolia +
Slender, ascending pedicels 1" or more long, longer than subtending bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Smooth Brome,
Bromus inermis
The bract enclosing the flower (the lemma) does not have a bristle (awn), per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
Green Needlegrass,
Piptochaetium avenaceum
Each floret has an outer bract (lemma) & inner bract (palea) & naked flower, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
Elliott's Bluestem,
Andropogon gyrans
Raceme clusters clasped by leaflike bracts, these clasped by leaf sheaths, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Broomsedge,
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Common Bushy Bluestem,
Andropogon glomeratus
Paired racemes short-peduncled, sitting between 2 clasping bractlike leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Maritime Bushy Bluestem,
Andropogon tenuispatheus
Silvery plumes in rigid, tightly packed bracts look like a feather duster, per Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants.
Dryland White Bluestem,
Andropogon capillipes
Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Annual Greenhead Sedge,
Cyperus hortensis
Usually 3 bracts, to 15cm long, 0.5-3mm wide. Leaf blades 1-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Annual Greenhead Sedge,
Cyperus hortensis
Lvs predominantly basal, not 3-ranked. Leafy bracts subtend the inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.
Whitehead Sedge,
Cyperus sesquiflorus
1-3(4) ovoid to ellipsoid whitish spikes subtended by (2)3-4 horizontal bracts, per Flora of North America.
Crested Greenhead Sedge,
Cyperus metzii
3-4 leaflike involucral bracts, horizontal to slightly reflexed, flat, 1-6cm, per Flora of North America.
Granite Flatsedge,
Cyperus granitophilus
Spikes congested, subglobose. Bracts 2-5, 1-8cm long, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Fragrant Flatsedge,
Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus
Bottle-brush shaped spike clusters radiating from whorl of leaf-like bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Fragrant Flatsedge,
Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus
Bracts numerous, 3-7mm wide. Spikes numerous, congested, loosely cylindric, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
jointed flatsedge,
Cyperus articulatus
Bracts 2-3, less than 3cm long. Peduncles 4-12, flat, glabrous, to 10cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Yellow Nutsedge,
Cyperus esculentus +
Leaf blades 2-10mm wide. Bracts 3-7, 2-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Rice-field Flatsedge,
Cyperus iria
Bracts 3-4, 1-4mm wide. Peduncles to 6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Poorland Flatsedge,
Cyperus compressus
Leaf blades 1-2mm wide. Bracts 2-5,1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
green flatsedge,
Cyperus virens
Leaf blades and inflorescence bracts with conspicuous crossveins, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
False Nutsedge,
Cyperus strigosus
Leafy bracts subtend the inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.
Starburst Flatsedge,
Cyperus plukenetii
The peduncles are of unequal length, the bracts shorter than longest peduncle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Globe Sedge,
Cyperus croceus
Bracts similar to leaf blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Broadleaf Whitetop Sedge,
Rhynchospora latifolia
Typically 7-10 bracts subtending the inflorescence (vs. 4-6 in R. colorata), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Broadleaf Whitetop Sedge,
Rhynchospora latifolia
This and R. colorata are our only two sedges with showy white bracts, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Broadleaf Whitetop Sedge,
Rhynchospora latifolia
Most of the bracts subtending the inflorescence are well over 1/4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Narrowleaf Whitetop Sedge,
Rhynchospora colorata
Inflorescence bracts 3-6(7); basal bract's white tapering gradually into green, per Weakley's Flora.
Ware's Hairsedge,
Bulbostylis warei
Inflorescence bracts widened abruptly at base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
sandy field hairsedge,
Bulbostylis stenophylla
Inflorescence bracts many & conspicuous, much exceeding spikelet cluster, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Old World Hairsedge,
Bulbostylis barbata
Inflorescence bracts few & inconspicuous, none (1?) exceeding spikelet cluster, per Weakley's Flora.
Harper's Fimbry,
Fimbristylis perpusilla
Plants diminuitive; leaf blades < 1mm wide; inflorescence bracts 1-2 cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Deerhair Bulrush,
Trichophorum cespitosum
Spikelet solitary, involucral bract absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Woodland Bulrush,
Scirpus expansus
Inflorescence decompound; bracts numerous, similar to blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Leafy Bulrush,
Scirpus polyphyllus
Involucre of several foliaceous bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roughseed Bulrush,
Schoenoplectiella mucronata
Main involucral bract appears to be culm (inflorescence thus appearing lateral, per Weakley's Flora.
Tawny Cottongrass,
Eriophorum virginicum
Involucral bracts usually 3, similar to leaf blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Few-flowered Nutrush,
Scleria oligantha
Bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 3-10 cm, per Flora of North America.
Tall Nutrush,
Scleria triglomerata
Nutlet smooth, lustrous, resembling a tiny egg nestled in the leafy bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Broad-leaved Hairy Nutrush,
Scleria ciliata var. elliottii
Culms stout, pubescent or ciliate. Lvs 3.5-7 mm wide. Bracts densely ciliate, per Flora of North America.
White Bear Sedge,
Carex albursina
Culm 20-35cm tall, flattened, winged. Bract blades surpassing the short spikes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Southern Bogbuttons,
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
Heads appear gray to white because of milky-white receptacular bract trichomes, per Weakley's Flora.
Sand Dayflower,
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia
Flowers grow from within broad fused bracts (spathes) that sheath the stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Piedmont Roseling,
Cuthbertia rosea
Cymes 3-15 flowered. Flowers minutely bracteate, pedicels glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Zigzag Spiderwort,
Tradescantia subaspera
Our Spiderworts have cymes of flowers growing out of leaflike bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Virginia Spiderwort,
Tradescantia virginiana
Bracts below the inflorescence often wider and longer than the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Smooth Spiderwort,
Tradescantia ohiensis
Flowers in tight clusters within a pair of arching leaflike bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Hairy Spiderwort,
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis
Our Spiderworts have cymes of flowers growing out of leaflike bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Woolly Frogsmouth,
Philydrum lanuginosum
Flowers borne in the axils of spathe-like bracts, per Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.
Leathery Rush,
Juncus coriaceus
Inflorescence bract erect, as if culm continuation (infl. appearing lateral), per Weakley's Flora.
Large-headed Rush,
Juncus megacephalus
Spherical heads 5-12mm across, bract subtending infl short and inconcpicuous, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States by Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten.
Biltmore Carrionflower,
Smilax biltmoreana
Lowest peduncle from a leaf axil (very rarely from bract axils), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Wateree River Trillium,
Trillium oostingii
Scapes holding bracts (leaves) well above ground, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
American Lily-of-the-valley,
Convallaria pseudomajalis
Raceme bracts linear and at least as long as any individual flower stalk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Rush-featherling,
Pleea tenuifolia
Bracts of the inflorescence large, spathelike, acuminate-aristate at the tip, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Perfoliate Bellwort,
Uvularia perfoliata
A large, leafy, perfoliate bract on the pedicel so the flower appears terminal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Wild-oats,
Uvularia sessilifolia
One flower per stem, pedicels bractless, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Field Garlic,
Allium vineale
Young flowerhead enclosed by broad papery bract with long tapering point, per www.plant-identification.co.uk
Pale Blue-eyed Grass,
Sisyrinchium albidum
A single outer bract, 3.5-10cm long, subtends twinned pair of sessile spathes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Pink Lady's Slipper,
Cypripedium acaule
Floral bract somewhat arched above flower, lanceolate, 4-5cm long, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Purple Fringeless Orchid,
Platanthera peramoena
Raceme densely or loosely flowered, cylindrical, bracteate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.