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Swamp Azalea,
Rhododendron serrulatum
Leaves glabrous below, except for strigose bristles along midrib & major veins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Spotted Phacelia,
Phacelia maculata
Sepals have prominent bristles at their margins, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
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Clingman's Hedgenettle,
Stachys clingmanii
Differs from S. latidens in having long spreading bristles on stem's angles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Short-toothed Mountain-mint,
Pycnanthemum muticum var. 1
Calyx not distinctly bilabiate, lobes not tipped with long, jointed bristles, but w stiff hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Beadle's Mountain-mint,
Pycnanthemum beadlei
Calyx lobes usually tipped with a tuft of long, jointed bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Loomis's Mountain-mint,
Pycnanthemum loomisii
Calyx lobes usually tipped with a tuft of long, jointed bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Woodland Mountain-mint,
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
Calyx lobes narrowly triangular and usually tipped with a tuft of long, jointed bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Poor-joe,
Hexasepalum teres
Leaves stiff with bristles at their base, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Poor-joe,
Hexasepalum teres
Stipules to 0.4" long have a short sheath and 5-8 bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Cleavers,
Galium aparine
Angled rough-textured stem with short recurved bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Common Cocklebur,
Xanthium chinense
Female flowers enclosed by the involucre, forming a bur w hooked bristles, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Barbed Rattlesnake-root,
Nabalus barbatus
Phyllaries densely setose [covered with bristles], per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Annual Sowthistle,
Sonchus oleraceus
Pappus bristles white, capillary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Maryland Hawkweed,
Hieracium marianum
Involucre glabrous or w short stipitate glands, but lacking long setae [bristles], per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Virginia Dwarf-dandelion,
Krigia virginica
Pappus of 5 scales and 5 bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Carolina False-dandelion,
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Pappus bristles whitish-tan, capillary, 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Dandelion,
Taraxacum officinale
Fruits olive-brown achenes, pappus a tuft of white hairlike bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Small's Ragwort,
Packera anonyma
Fruit ellipsoid achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Golden Ragwort,
Packera aurea
Fruits brownish cylindric achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Rugel's Ragwort,
Rugelia nudicaulis
Achenes are brown, smooth & cylindric; pappus is a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Fireweed,
Erechtites hieraciifolius
Nutlets tapered, brown, ribbed, topped by soft and bright-white bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Common Yellow Thistle,
Cirsium horridulum var. horridulum
The bristles (technically "pappus") on seeds expand into fluffy thistledown, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Nodding Thistle,
Carduus nutans
The pappus bristles of Carduus are simple (vs. feathery in Cirsium), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Scaly Blazing-star,
Liatris squarrosa var. squarrosa
Pappus plumose [with hairs or fine bristles on both sides], 12-15mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mistflower,
Conoclinium coelestinum
Pappus a tuft of whitish bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Climbing Hempweed,
Mikania scandens
Nutlets in tight clusters, topped with whitish barbed [pappus] bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Trampweed,
Facelis retusa
Pappus of strongly plumose capillary bristles well surpassing the corollas, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Trampweed,
Facelis retusa
Pappus bristles white, plumose [feathery], 8-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting,
Gamochaeta purpurea
Pappus bristles capillary, antrorsely barbed, promptly deciduous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Silverling,
Baccharis halimifolia
Female flowers with tufts of silky pappus bristles about 1cm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Silverling,
Baccharis halimifolia
Bristles become quite conspicuous as the tiny fruits at their bases mature, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Common Horseweed,
Erigeron canadensis
Pappus bristles white to tan, capillary, 2-2.3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Late Purple Aster,
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens
Achenes covered w short silky hairs; pappus a tuft of hair-like bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Downy Ragged Goldenrod,
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris
Pappus of capillary bristles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Silkgrass,
Pityopsis nervosa
Fruit a reddish-brown achene topped with bristles, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Camphorweed,
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Pappus bristles capillary (that is, hairlike, very slender), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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spreading chinchweed,
Pectis prostrata
Leaf margins w 4-12pr of setae [bristles]. Flower heads w 5 yellow ray florets, per Flora of North America.