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Kidneyleaf Grass-of-Parnassus,
Parnassia asarifolia
The sterile stamens (staminodes) glisten like nectar droplets but are dry, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
Thunberg's Meadowsweet,
Spiraea thunbergii
Flowers 6-8mm diameter; hypanthia crateriform; staminodes 10-14; stamens 18-20, per Flora of North America.
White Turtlehead,
Chelone glabra
Staminode is green, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).