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Yellow Bractspike,
Yeatesia viridiflora
Leaf blades elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 5-15cm long; margins entire, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
Coastal Bedstraw,
Galium bermudense
Lvs in whorls of 4, blades elliptic, firm, persistently green into winter, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Tatarian Honeysuckle,
Lonicera tatarica
Petiole 2-5mm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, sometimes oblong, per Flora of China.
Blackhaw,
Viburnum prunifolium
Leaf blades 1-3" long, margins finely serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Balsam-pear,
Momordica charantia ssp. charantia
Leaf blade suborbiculate-orbiculate, deeply palmately 5-7 lobed, base cordate, per Flora of North America.
Wahlenbergia,
Wahlenbergia marginata
Leaf blades spatulate, oblanceolate, elliptic or linear, per Flora of China.
Nuttall's Lobelia,
Lobelia nuttallii
The leaf blades of these basal rosettes are about 8mm X 6mm. — Alan Weakley
Common Cocklebur,
Xanthium chinense
Leaf blade broadly ovate to roughly orbicular, base cordate or nearly so, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Tall Rattlesnake-root,
Nabalus altissimus
Petioles winged; leaf blades usually ovate or triangular, often deeply 3-lobed, per Flora of North America.
Small's Ragwort,
Packera anonyma
Elongate basal lvs with elliptic, blunt-tipped blades taper to long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Robbins' Ragwort,
Packera schweinitziana
Basal lf blade 2-8x long as wide, base truncate to cordate (typically oblique), per Weakley's Flora.
Roundleaf Ragwort,
Packera obovata
Basal leaves have obovate or nearly round blades tapering at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Virginia Thistle,
Cirsium virginianum
Leaves spread widely, to 15cm x 5cm, the blade lobed or not, divisions spine-tipped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Virginia Thistle,
Cirsium virginianum
Leaves firm-textured, blades thick, ± rigid, per Flora of North America.
Blessed Milk-thistle,
Silybum marianum
Leaf blades pinnately lobed and spinescent on and near the margins, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
Broadleaf Ironweed,
Vernonia glauca
Leaf blades 2.5-3.5 (-4)× as long as wide [vs. V. noveboracensis (3.3-) 4-6× as long as wide], per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Lettermann's Ironweed,
Vernonia lettermanii
Leaf blades filiform, 1-3(+)mm wide, per Flora of North America.
Purple-node Joe-pye-weed,
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
Leaf blades pinnately veined, lance-ovate or ovate to deltate-ovate, per Flora of North America.
Wandering Cudweed,
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, faces concolor or weakly bicolor, per Flora of North America.
Elegant Cudweed,
Gamochaeta impatiens
Leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, adaxially glabrous or glabrate, per Flora of North America.
Pearly-everlasting,
Anaphalis margaritacea
Leaf blades - abaxial faces tomentose or glabrescent (proximal leaves), per Flora of North America.
Southern Doll's-daisy,
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
Leaf blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, bases not decurrent, per Flora of North America.
Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus tortifolius
Leaf blades obovate, margins entire, faces hairy, resinous, per Flora of North America.
Large-leaf Aster,
Eurybia macrophylla
Basal leaves thick, long-stalked, with toothed cordate blade, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Wavyleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Cauline leaf blades sessile and cordate-clasping, and/or... [see next photo]
Alexander's Rock Aster,
Eurybia avita
Leaf blades (1-nerved) linear to lance-linear or oblong-linear (grasslike), per Flora of North America.
Scale-leaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum adnatum
Blades of mid-stem leaves ascending-appressed, twisted at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Zigzag Aster,
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
Long-pointed ovate-lanceolate sharply toothed blades taper below the middle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Perennial Saltmarsh Aster,
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
Leaves few, leaf blades succulent, linear or nearly so, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Appalachian Flat-topped White Aster,
Doellingeria infirma
Midcauline blades 1-nerved, venation brochidodromous [secondary veins forming a series of arches, per Flora of North America.
Zigzag Goldenrod,
Solidago flexicaulis
Leaf blades ovate, seldom more than twice as long as wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Yadkin River Goldenrod,
Solidago plumosa
Basal leaf blades linear to elliptic-oblanceolate, tapering to petioles, per Flora of North America.
Slender Goldenrod,
Solidago erecta
Mid & distal cauline leaves sessile, blades linear-elliptic, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
Gorge Goldenrod,
Solidago faucibus
Basal & proximal leaf blades ovate, abruptly tapering to winged petioles, per Flora of North America.
Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod,
Solidago patula
Blades relatively thick, margins serrate, apices acute, abaxially glabrous, adaxially scabrous, per Flora of North America.
Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod,
Solidago patula
Basal and proximal cauline lvs abruptly narrowed to long, winged petioles, blades broadly ovate, per Flora of North America.
Eastern Gray Goldenrod,
Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis
Lower lf blades oblanceolate to narrowly ovate, gradually tapering to petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
Maryland Goldenaster,
Chrysopsis mariana
Basal leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate, bases attenuate, ...
White-flowered Leafcup,
Polymnia canadensis
Leaves pinnately lobed, 4-12" long. Petiole sometimes winged near blade, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Prairie-dock,
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Leaves basally disposed, the basal leaves large and persistent; leaf blade < 1.5× long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Carolina Green-and-gold,
Chrysogonum repens
The hairy leaves are long-petioled, with ovate, scalloped blades, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Carolina Green-and-gold,
Chrysogonum repens
Laminae [blades] of the rays broadly elliptic, with 3-toothed apices, per Flora of North America.
Sandhill Wild Quinine,
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
Blades of basal leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes undulately lobed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Sunfacing Coneflower,
Rudbeckia heliopsidis
Stems villous to glabrate. Leaf blades elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, and flat, per Flora of North America.
Purple-disk Sunflower,
Helianthus atrorubens
Petiole often > 1/3 as long as the blade, broadly winged toward the blade, per Weakley's Flora.
Naked-stem Sunflower,
Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis
Leaves basally disposed and long-stalked, the almost entire blades 3-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Downy Sunflower,
Helianthus mollis
Leaf blades ashy or gray-green, 3-nerved distal to bases, per Flora of North America.
Downy Sunflower,
Helianthus mollis
Leaf blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, per Flora of North America.
Thinleaf Sunflower,
Helianthus decapetalus
The tips of its leaf blades are unusually long and slender, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
Thinleaf Sunflower,
Helianthus decapetalus
Leaf base widely cuneate or truncate, petioles oft obscured by decurrent blade, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Hairy Sunflower,
Helianthus resinosus
Petioles obscured by decurrent leaf blade, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Hairy Sunflower,
Helianthus resinosus
Ovate or lance-ovate blade with a broadly winged, gradually narrowed petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
Snowy Black-anthers,
Melanthera nivea
Lf blades usually ovate, sometimes deltate or 3-lobed, rarely lance-elliptic, per Flora of North America.
Pool Coreopsis,
Coreopsis falcata
Lower leaves sometimes with a pair of narrow lobes at the base of the blade, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Savanna Coreopsis,
Coreopsis linifolia
Leaf blades linear-oblanceolate to linear, margins glabrous, surfaces w numerous tiny dark dots, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Lanceleaf Coreopsis,
Coreopsis lanceolata
Blades simple or with 1–2+ lateral lobes, per Flora of North America.
Common Hairy Coreopsis,
Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens
Leaves ternately or rarely pinnately dissected, blades or divisions elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Grassleaf Barbara's-buttons,
Marshallia graminifolia
Leaves up to 10" long and about 5/8" wide, with an evidently 3-nerved blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Pineland Barbara's-buttons,
Marshallia ramosa
Basal leaves are petiolate, the blades 3-nerved and linear, per Flora of North America.
Scentless Chamomile,
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Leaf blades 2-8cm, ultimate lobes filiform, 4-20mm, not fleshy, per Flora of North America.