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Spring-beauty,
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
Leaves 3" long or more, narrow and long-tapering without an evident petiole, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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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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Common Chickweed,
Stellaria media
Upper leaves without petiole; lower leaves with sparsely hairy long petiole, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).
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Common Black Cohosh,
Actaea racemosa
Petiole of basal leaves terete, not grooved (or with an early shallow groove), per Weakley's Flora.
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Mountain Black Cohosh,
Actaea podocarpa
Petiole of basal leaves with a deep, broad groove (ca. 1mm wide & deep), per Weakley's Flora.
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Early Meadowrue,
Thalictrum dioicum
All leaves have long petioles; leaflets may have as many as 9 rounded lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Fig Buttercup,
Ficaria verna ssp. ficariiformis
Anecdotal observation: Petioles stout, grooved, not round in cross-section.
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Fig Buttercup,
Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia
Leaves crowded at base with few on short stems; petioles to 10cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Thimbleweed,
Anemone virginiana var. virginiana
Basal & upper lvs similar, lateral lobes deeply incised, stem lvs petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Moonseed,
Menispermum canadense
Leaves palmately veined, lobed or not, petiole attached inside lower margin, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Southern Magnolia,
Magnolia grandiflora
Note brown pubescence on young twigs, buds, petioles, and leaf undersides. — Clemson Extension
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Camphortree,
Camphora officinarum
Leaves glabrous, long-petioled, spicy-aromatic when crushed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Cleome,
Tarenaya species 1
Leaves: stipular spines 1-3mm; petiole 2.5-7.5cm, glandular-pubescent, with scattered spines 1-3mm, per Flora of North America.
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Blue Ridge Bittercress,
Cardamine flagellifera +
Petiole not auriculate at the base;, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Hairy Bittercress,
Cardamine hirsuta
Many persistent basal leaves forming a rosette; stem bases & petioles hirsute, per Weakley's Flora.
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Dwarf Sundew,
Drosera brevifolia
Leaves obovate to spatulate, cuneate, 7-16mm long including indistinct petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Water Sundew,
Drosera intermedia
Petioles glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Water Sundew,
Drosera intermedia
Leaf blades longer than wide, spatulate; petioles filiform, 2-6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Pink Sundew,
Drosera capillaris
Leaves obovate to spatulate, petioles equal to or slightly longer than blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Pink Sundew,
Drosera capillaris
Petioles not filiform, less than 2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roundleaf Gooseberry,
Ribes rotundifolium
Internodes usually glabrous, nodal spines 3-8mm or absent. Petioles puberulent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Oakleaf Hydrangea,
Hydrangea quercifolia
Brown woolly pubescence on stems, buds, petioles, & veins on leaf undersides. — Clemson Extension
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Mapleleaf Alumroot,
Heuchera villosa
Petioles rusty-villous to glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Brook-saxifrage,
Boykinia aconitifolia
Basal leaves long-petioled, sharply divided into 5-7 toothed lobes; stem lvs similar but smaller, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Brook Lettuce,
Micranthes micranthidifolia
Basal leaves oblanceolate to oblong, tapering to winged petiole, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Carey's Saxifrage,
Micranthes careyana
Leaves petiolate, the blade rather abruptly contracted to the petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
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Purple Flowering-raspberry,
Rubacer odoratum
Glandular hairs on twigs and petioles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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American Mountain-ash,
Sorbus americana
Leaflets opposite, more than 3x long as broad, margins toothed; red petiole, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Red Chokeberry,
Aronia arbutifolia
Stipules persistent, adnate to petiole, narrowly triangular, margins glandular, per Flora of North America.
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Lance’s Hawthorn,
Crataegus lancei
Petioles in the Apricae series 8-20mm and distinctly black-glandular, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Downy Hawthorn,
Crataegus mollis var. mollis
Softly hairy leaf undersides & petioles, esp in spring, are characteristic, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Woolly Hawthorn,
Crataegus mollis var. lanuginosa
Petioles eglandular. Leaf blades persistently pubescent abaxially, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Downy Hawthorn,
Crataegus mollis var. mollis
Leaf lower surface distinctly pubescent to tomentose; petiole tomentose when young. — Ron Lance
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Rome Hawthorn,
Crataegus aemula
Petioles mostly <1/3 length of blade. — Ron Lance
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Green Hawthorn,
Crataegus viridis
Leaf shape variable, base wedge-shaped, petiole slender and partly winged, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Choke Cherry,
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana
Leaves finely and sharply toothed; petiole often glandular, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Mimosa,
Albizia julibrissin
The base of the petiole is swollen. — Clemson Extension
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Eastern Redbud,
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Petioles swollen at both ends, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Common Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
A sessile, saucer-shaped gland near the middle of the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Kentucky Yellowwood,
Cladrastis kentukea
Petioles are enlarged at base and summit, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Kentucky Yellowwood,
Cladrastis kentukea
Buds enclosed within hollow base of petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Narrow-pod White Wild Indigo,
Baptisia albescens
Leaves 3-foliolate; petioles 5-10(20)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Arrowhead Rattlebox,
Crotalaria sagittalis
Leaves elliptical to lance-shaped, on short petioles, a winged double-tipped stipule at the base, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Showy Rattlebox,
Crotalaria spectabilis
Leaves have short petioles and are smooth above, densely hairy beneath, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Leadplant,
Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
Petiole usually shorter than the width of the lowermost leaflet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mountain Indigo-bush,
Amorpha glabra
Petioles typically much exceeding the width of the lowest leaflet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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False Indigo,
Amorpha fruticosa
Leaflets (7)9-23(31) per leaf; petiole usually > width of contiguous leaflets, per Weakley's Flora.
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Hoary Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium canescens
Petiole much longer than stalk of terminal leaflet, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium ciliare
Stem pilose but petioles well-developed ... D. ciliare x D. marilandicum?, per Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (Isely, 1998).
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Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium ciliare
Small blunt leaflets with petioles under 3/8", more or less soft-hairy, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium marilandicum
Stem leaves quite small (like D. ciliare), but tend to be glabrous and have 3/4" petioles, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium marilandicum
A smooth plant with long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Stiff Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium obtusum
Petioles of median leaves usually shorter than width of lateral leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Stiff Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium obtusum
Stems and petioles densely uncinate-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Korean-clover,
Kummerowia stipulacea
Mid-stem leaves with petioles 4-10mm long; stems antrorsely appressed-strigose, per Weakley's Flora.
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Japanese-clover,
Kummerowia striata
Mid-stem leaves have petioles 1-2(-4)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Virginia Lespedeza,
Lespedeza virginica
Leaflet base and apex both rounded. Petioles of mid-stem leaves ~ 10mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Virginia Lespedeza,
Lespedeza virginica
Leaves with long petioles, leaflets < 1/4" wide & about 4x as long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Sericea Lespedeza,
Lespedeza cuneata
Leaves often gray-green. Lower petioles 1-2.5cm, upper leaves sessile, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Hairy Bush-clover,
Lespedeza hirta +
Petioles of middle leaves 1-1.5cm, those of upper leaves short to none, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).