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Eastern Columbine,
Aquilegia canadensis
Each follicle resembles a slender capsule and contains many seeds, per Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers.
Eastern Columbine,
Aquilegia canadensis
Right after the flowers, 5 light green papery follicles are evident, per Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers.
Dwarf Larkspur,
Delphinium tricorne
Follicles several-seeded, ellipsoid, beaked, divergent, glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
False Rue-anemone,
Enemion biternatum
Fruit is a cluster of four pod-like follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Common Black Cohosh,
Actaea racemosa
Follicles 5-8mm long, 4-5mm broad, broadly ellipsoid, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Mountain Black Cohosh,
Actaea podocarpa
Follicles 8-15mm long, 4-8mm broad, glabrous, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Sweetbay,
Magnolia virginiana +
Fruit a cone-like aggregate of dark red, ellipsoid follicles, about 2" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Southern Magnolia,
Magnolia grandiflora
Seeds bright red, each suspended from follicle by a slender elastic thread, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Southern Magnolia,
Magnolia grandiflora
Fruit a pubescent, cone-like aggregate of follicles, rosy red at maturity, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Fraser Magnolia,
Magnolia fraseri
Fruit an aggregate of follicles, bright red when mature, glabrous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Umbrella Magnolia,
Magnolia tripetala
Fruits conelike, 6-15cm long, an aggregate of leathery follicles, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
Florida Star-anise,
Illicium floridanum
Fruit an aggregate of radially arranged follicles, per Flora of North America.
Appalachian False Goatsbeard,
Astilbe biternata
Fruit erect, lanceolate follicles, 0.15-.2" long, borne on a large panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Prickly-ash,
Zanthoxylum americanum
Fruits are bumpy pods (follicles) about 5-8mm long, reddish [when mature], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
Eastern Bluestar,
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana
Fruits are paired, erect, linear follicles 2-4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Climbing Dogbane,
Thyrsanthella difformis
Fruit long slender follicles usually borne in pairs [Note paired peduncles], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
Indian-hemp,
Apocynum cannabinum
The slender follicles are about 4" long and usually paired, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Indian-hemp,
Apocynum cannabinum
Paired follicles are pendent and slender, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Eastern Swamp Milkweed,
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
Follicles smooth, 6-10cm long, erect on erect pedicels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Whorled Milkweed,
Asclepias verticillata
Narrow spindle-shaped follicles, 2-3" long, dehiscent along 1 suture, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Butterfly Milkweed,
Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
Follicles erect, 8-15 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Poke Milkweed,
Asclepias exaltata
SC's only milkweed w smooth, broad, stalked leaves & smooth erect follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Clasping Milkweed,
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Follicles 4-6" long; seeds w silky tufts of hair that aid in dspersal, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Green Milkweed,
Asclepias viridiflora
Follicles erect, 9-13cm long, 1-2cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Bluevine,
Cynanchum laeve
Follicles smooth, lance-ovoid, 11-16cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Eastern Anglepod,
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
The fruit is a large tapering follicle with conspicuously angled sutures, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Eastern Anglepod,
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
Fruits are smooth angled follicles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Eastern Anglepod,
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
The follicles are dehiscent along 1 suture, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Carolina Spinypod,
Matelea carolinensis
Follicles muricate, usually 9-11cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Carolina Spinypod,
Matelea carolinensis
The surface of the follicle is roughened by pointed spines, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.