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Giant Reed,
Arundo donax
Leaf blades conspicuously distichous [2-ranked], spaced ~ evenly along culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
Bog Yellow-eyed-grass,
Xyris ambigua
Leaves distichous [2-ranked], often shaded with red below, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Carolina Redroot,
Lachnanthes caroliniana
Leaves distichous and bases overlapping (like Iris). Roots and rhizomes red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Gladiolus,
Gladiolus dalenii ssp. dalenii
Inflorescences spicate, partly to fully secund or flowers weakly distichous, per Flora of North America.
Carolina Leaf-flower,
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Stems terete; branches not deciduous; leaves arranged distichously, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Chamber Bitter,
Emblica urinaria
Its distichous leaves are easily mistaken for leaflets of a pinnately compound leaf, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Chamber Bitter,
Emblica urinaria
Lateral flowering branches have distichously arranged leaves and shed as a unit.