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Common Three-lobed Coneflower,
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
Involucral bracts linear, 5-12mm long, spreading to reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Woodland Black-eyed Susan,
Rudbeckia hirta var. hirta
Involucral bracts linear to lanceolate, acute, spreading pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Smooth Coneflower,
Echinacea laevigata
Involucral bracts obscurely in 2 series, acute to acuminate, reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Silver Seaside Oxeye,
Borrichia frutescens
Involucres hemispheric, flattened with age; bracts imbricate, apices aristate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Narrowleaf Sunflower,
Helianthus angustifolius
Involucral bracts in several series, lanceolate to linear, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Downy Sunflower,
Helianthus mollis
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, the tips often reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Woodland Sunflower,
Helianthus divaricatus
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Thinleaf Sunflower,
Helianthus decapetalus
The floral bracts are unusually long and slender, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
Small Wood Sunflower,
Helianthus microcephalus
Involucres 0.7-1cm long, bracts lanceolate, usually spreading apically, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Hairy Sunflower,
Helianthus resinosus
Involucres 3-5cm broad; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Roughleaf Sunflower,
Helianthus strumosus
Overlapping, spreading, narrow and pointed bracts with hairy margins, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
Common Sunflower,
Helianthus annuus
Involucral body 2-10cm+ broad; bracts ovate abruptly long-acuminate, spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
White Crownbeard,
Verbesina virginica var. virginica
Involucre of 1-2 series of lanceolate, erect, pubescent bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Savanna Honeycomb-head,
Balduina uniflora
Resembles Helenium vernale but receptacle bracts persistent, honeycomb-like, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Lanceleaf Coreopsis,
Coreopsis lanceolata
Outer involucral bracts green, lanceolate; inner elliptic to lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Large-flowered Coreopsis,
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
Outer involucral bracts green, lanceolate; inner eliptic to lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Common Hairy Coreopsis,
Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens
Calyculi [outer involucral bracts] of lanceolate to lance-linear bractlets, per Flora of North America.
Eared Coreopsis,
Coreopsis auriculata
Outer bracts lanceolate, 6-10 mm long; inner lanceolate to elliptic, 7-13mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Whorled Coreopsis,
Coreopsis major var. major
Outer involucral bracts oblong or oblanceolate, 2-10mm; inner lanceolate 5-8mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Whorled Coreopsis,
Coreopsis major var. rigida
Outer involucral bracts oblong or oblanceolate, 2-10mm; inner lanceolate 5-8mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Tall Coreopsis,
Coreopsis tripteris
The inner involucral bracts not yet open, flower heads sealed up like pillboxes.
Tall Coreopsis,
Coreopsis tripteris
Outer involucral bracts linear, 3-6mm long: inner lanceolate, 4-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Broadleaf Coreopsis,
Coreopsis latifolia
Outer involucral bracts linear, 4-6mm long: inner lanceolate, 7-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Nodding Bur-marigold,
Bidens cernua
Outer involucral bracts leafy, typically surpassing the disk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Purplestem Beggarticks,
Bidens connata
3-8 green, leafy, glabrous, oblanceolate, elliptic, or oblong bracts, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
Devil's Beggarticks,
Bidens frondosa
Outer bracts 5-8, rarely an individual head w more, usually sparsely ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Devil's Beggarticks,
Bidens frondosa
About 8 leafy outer bracts, which greatly exceed the disk, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Devil's Beggarticks,
Bidens frondosa
Each flower head surrounded by 5-9 narrow leaflike bracts, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
Ditch Daisy,
Bidens aristosa
Calyculus bractlets [outer involucral bracts] usually spreading to reflexed, per Flora of North America.
Ditch Daisy,
Bidens aristosa
Outer involucral bracts shorter than the inner, fewer than B. polylepis, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Ditch Daisy,
Bidens aristosa
8-12(16) calyculus bractlets [outer involucral bracts], linear, per Flora of North America.
Ditch Daisy,
Bidens polylepis
Outer involucral bracts curled and twisted, and longer than inner bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Ditch Daisy,
Bidens polylepis
12-21 calyculus bractlets [outer involucral bracts], these (6)8-12(20)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Ditch Daisy,
Bidens polylepis
There are 12 or more outer involucral bracts, longer than inner ones, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Spanish Needles,
Bidens bipinnata
Outer bracts green, 2-7mm long, very narrow; inner 4-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Common Sneezeweed,
Helenium autumnale
Involucre of one series of linear bracts, 5-10mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Savannah Sneezeweed,
Helenium vernale
Involucre of one series of linear bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Bitterweed,
Helenium amarum
Involucre one series of linear bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Oxeye Daisy,
Leucanthemum vulgare
Involucral bracts often w a dark line inside the hyaline [translucent] margin, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Coltsfoot,
Tussilago farfara
Cauline leaves lance-ovate to linear, bractlike or scale-like, per Flora of North America.