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Pineland Yellow-eyed-grass,
Xyris caroliniana
Petal blades white or yellow, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Pineland Yellow-eyed-grass,
Xyris stricta
Petal blades triangular-cuneate, 3-5mm long, opening at mid-day, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grass,
Xyris baldwiniana
Scape as broad or broader than the leaf blades. Staminodia beardless, per Weakley's Flora.
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Spreading Dayflower,
Commelina diffusa
Leaf blades 1.5-5cm long × 0.5-1cm wide (rarely to 8 × 2.2cm), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Tropical Spiderwort,
Commelina benghalensis
Leaf blades broadly elliptic-ovate, 2-9cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Zigzag Spiderwort,
Tradescantia subaspera
Leaves 0.6-4.5cm wide (upper leaf blades wider than opened flattened sheath), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Hairy Spiderwort,
Tradescantia hirsutiflora
Leaf blades of upper leaves are not constricted to a subpetiolar sheath, per Weakley's Flora.
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Leathery Rush,
Juncus coriaceus
At least a few sheaths at base of plant with well developed blades, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Carolina Woodrush,
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae
Luzula leaf blades flat & ciliate (vs. Juncus either flat or terete, glabrous), per Weakley's Flora.
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Hedgehog Woodrush,
Luzula echinata
Luzula leaf blades flat & ciliate (vs. Juncus either flat or terete, glabrous), per Weakley's Flora.
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Maritime Catbrier,
Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis
Margin of the leaf blade with a prominent marginal cartilaginous band, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Bristly Greenbrier,
Smilax hispida var. hispida
Undersides of leaf blades green, not glaucous, per Flora of North America.
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Bristly Greenbrier,
Smilax hispida var. hispida
Leaf blade margins uniformly minutely serrulate in basal half, per Flora of North America.
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Dune Greenbrier,
Smilax auriculata
Blades frequently broadened or auricled below midpoint, margin with prominent cartilaginous band, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Catesby's Trillium,
Trillium catesbyi
Leaves with small stalks, the blades broadest near the middle, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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Large-flowered Trillium,
Trillium grandiflorum
Leaves without stalks, blades widest below middle, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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Starry Solomon's Plume,
Maianthemum stellatum
Leaves 6-11 per stem; leaf blades sessile or subclasping at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Mound-lily Yucca,
Yucca gloriosa
Leaf blades rigid, straight; margins entire, smooth, hyaline, not fraying as stiff threads, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Georgia Beargrass,
Nolina georgiana
Leaf blades grasslike, flexible, 3-8mm wide, glaucous; margins serrulate, per Flora of North America.
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Eastern Turkeybeard,
Xerophyllum asphodeloides
Leaf blades filiform-linear, keeled, rigid, margins serrulate, apex wiry pointed, densely tufted, per Flora of North America.
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Virginia Bunchflower,
Melanthium virginicum
Tepal margins entire & planar or nearly so; tepal claw < 1/3 as long as blade, per Flora of North America.
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Crisped Bunchflower,
Melanthium hybridum
Leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 25-55cm long, 1-7.2 cm wide, apex acute, per Flora of North America.
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Ozark Bunchflower,
Melanthium woodii
Leaf blades elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acute, per Flora of North America.
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Red Ramps,
Allium tricoccum
Leaves usually absent at anthesis, blade tapering to long, slender petiole, per Flora of North America.
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Air Yam,
Dioscorea bulbifera
Leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, glabrous, entire, apex long-acuminate, per Flora of North America.
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Summer Snowflake,
Leucojum aestivum
Leaves well developed at anthesis, blade deep green, glossy, apex obtuse, per Flora of North America.
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Yellow Stargrass,
Hypoxis hirsuta
Leaves grasslike; blade linear to setaceous. Scape usually shorter than leaves, per Flora of North America.
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Gladiolus,
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
Leaves 1-9; blade lanceolate to linear, plane, per Flora of North America.
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Siberian Iris,
Iris sibirica
Stems hollow. Leaf blades dark green, often tinged pink at base, per Flora of North America.
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Kidneyleaf Twayblade,
Neottia smallii
Leaves in the shape of a kidney, hence the name Kidney-leaved Twayblade, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Pepper-elder,
Peperomia pellucida
Leaf blade palmately 5-7-veined, broadly ovate to deltate; surfaces glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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Black Willow,
Salix nigra
Lf blades narrowly lance-shaped, ~ 7" long, 3/4" wide, tips long-acuminate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Common Wax-myrtle,
Morella cerifera
Leaf blades oblanceolate; margins irregularly serrate near tip, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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American Hop-hornbeam,
Ostrya virginiana
Lvs 2-ranked, blades oblong to elliptical, margins singly or doubly serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Sand Post Oak,
Quercus margaretiae
Largest lateral lobes usually at blade midpoint or below, the lobes usually not sublobed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Rock Chestnut Oak,
Quercus montana
Leaf blades nearly elliptical, margins coarsely and irregularly toothed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Sand Live Oak,
Quercus geminata
Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, base cuneate, margins entire and revolute, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).
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Black Oak,
Quercus velutina
Leaf blades leathery, upper surfaces shiny, lower w tawny hairs along veins, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Myrtle Oak,
Quercus myrtifolia
Leaf blades leathery, oval to elliptical, margins entire and revolute, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Northern Hackberry,
Celtis occidentalis
Leaf blades mostly < 2x long as wide, 5-12cm long, toothed well below middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Mulberry-weed,
Fatoua villosa
Alternate, ovate leaves with cordate bases, borne on long petioles (about as long as leaf blade), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Cudrania,
Maclura tricuspidata
Leaf blade ovate to rhombic-ovate, occ. 3-lobed, base rounded to cuneate, per Flora of China.
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European Stinging Nettle,
Urtica dioica ssp. dioica
Stems & leaf blades strongly hispid w stinging hairs (on both leaf surfaces), per Weakley's Flora.
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Weak Nettle,
Urtica chamaedryoides
Leaf blades usually widest below middle or near base; margins serrate, per Flora of North America.
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Greenfruit Clearweed,
Pilea pumila
Foliage shiny, bright green; leaves 3-veined from blade base to apex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Nestronia,
Nestronia umbellula
Leaves opposite, broad-bladed, 3-6cm long, acute or acuminate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Dense-flower Smartweed,
Persicaria densiflora
Leaf blades glabrous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, cuneate, long-acute, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Spotted Lady's-thumb,
Persicaria maculosa
Leaf blade often with a triangular reddish blotch, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Dotted Smartweed,
Persicaria punctata
Leaf blade without dark blotch, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate or subrhombic, per Flora of North America.
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Swamp Smartweed,
Persicaria setacea
Leaves lacking a triangular reddish blotch. Blades cuneate to truncate at base, per Weakley's Flora.
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Giant Knotweed,
Reynoutria sachalinensis
Leaf blade ovate-oblong, 15-30(-40)cm long, base cordate, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
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Himalayan Knotweed,
Koenigia polystachya
Leaf blade lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, without dark blotch, per Flora of North America.
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Japanese Chaff-flower,
Achyranthes japonica var. hachijoensis
Leaf blades ovate-elliptic, per Flora of North America.
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Smooth Pigweed,
Amaranthus hybridus ssp. hybridus
Blade ovate, rhombic-ovate, or lanceolate; petiole half or as long as blade, per Flora of North America.
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Tropical Amaranth,
Amaranthus polygonoides
Leaf blade ovate, obovate-rhombic to narrowly ovate, sometimes lanceolate, per Flora of North America.
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Common Pokeweed,
Phytolacca americana
Leaf blades elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
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Small Sea-purslane,
Sesuvium maritimum
Plant succulent. Leaf blades spatulate to ovate, 1-2.5cm, bases tapering, per Flora of North America.
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Carolina Spring-beauty,
Claytonia caroliniana
Leaf blade 1.5-7cm x 1.5-3.5cm, clearly differentiated from the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Panicled Fameflower,
Talinum paniculatum
Leaves to 12 cm, blade elliptic to obovate, base attenuate, per Flora of North America.
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Menges' Fameflower,
Phemeranthus mengesii
Stems more or less erect, usually branching. Leaves sessile; blade terete, per Flora of North America.