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Water Spangles,
Salvinia minima
Leaves entire, about 1cm in diameter, round or oval with a cordate base, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Eastern Skeletongrass,
Gymnopogon ambiguus
Leaves cordate-clasping & stiff-textured [whereas few Dichanthelium are both], per Weakley's Flora.
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Many-flowered Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium polyanthes
Nodes and internodes glabrous or puberulent. Leaf bases cordate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Variable Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium commutatum +
Blades glabrous, margins scaberulose, bases cordate, frequently ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Deer-tongue Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Blades glabrous both surfaces, margins scaberulose, bases cordate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bosc's Witchgrass,
Dichanthelium boscii
Blade margins scaberulose, bases cordate, long-ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Hairy Jointgrass,
Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
Sometimes confused with Microstegium, but Arthraxon has distinctly cordate-clasping leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Hairy Jointgrass,
Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cordate-clasping at base, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Skunk Cabbage,
Symplocarpus foetidus
Leaves net-veined and cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Giant Elephant's-ear,
Colocasia gigantea
Leaves very large; peltate, base cordate, margin undulate, apex shortly acuminate, per Flora of China.
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Heartleaf Pickerelweed,
Pontederia cordata var. cordata
Lvs mostly ovate to triangular-lanceolate, base generally cordate or truncate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain,
Heteranthera reniformis
Leaves reniform or cordate, usually wider than long (2-7.5cm wide), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Carrionflower,
Smilax herbacea
Leaf bases cordate, margins convex in outline, per Weakley's Flora.
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Midwestern Carrionflower,
Smilax lasioneura
Leaf bases cordate, the leaf margins convex in outline, per Weakley's Flora.
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Biltmore Carrionflower,
Smilax biltmoreana
Leaves thick in texture, leaf base cordate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Common Greenbrier,
Smilax rotundifolia
Leaf apex acute or acuminate. Leaf base rounded, cordate or truncate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Clasping Twisted-stalk,
Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius
Leaf margins and nodes not coarsely ciliate; leaves strongly cordate-clasping, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Air Yam,
Dioscorea bulbifera
Leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, glabrous, entire, apex long-acuminate, per Flora of North America.
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Mountain Paper Birch,
Betula cordifolia
Leaves are cordate-based, and twigs are nearly glabrous, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Mulberry-weed,
Fatoua villosa
Alternate, ovate leaves with cordate bases, borne on long petioles (about as long as leaf blade), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Weak Nettle,
Urtica chamaedryoides
Leaf base nearly cordate to rounded, sometimes cuneate in distal leaves, per Flora of North America.
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Common Wild Ginger,
Asarum canadense
Each plant has 2 kidney-shaped leaves with cordate bases, on long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Reflexed Wild Ginger,
Asarum reflexum
Leaves deciduous, membranous, pubescent, cordate to reniform, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Dwarf-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis naniflora
Leaves cordate to orbicular-cordate, variegated, 4-6cm long and wide, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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Dwarf-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis naniflora
Leaves rounded with cordate base; all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Virginia Heartleaf,
Hexastylis virginica
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
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French Broad Heartleaf,
Hexastylis rhombiformis
Leaves cordate to subreniform, 3-6cm long & wide, not variegated, per A Review of the Taxonomy & Biogeography of Hexastylis, Aristolochiaceae (Gaddy, 1987).
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Mountain Heartleaf,
Hexastylis contracta
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Little Heartleaf,
Hexastylis minor
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, strongly variegated, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Sandhill Heartleaf,
Hexastylis sorriei
Leaves rounded, solid green or faintly variegated, base cordate, sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Variable-leaf Heartleaf,
Hexastylis heterophylla
Leaves with cordate base, all portions of the sides convex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Large-flower Heartleaf,
Hexastylis shuttleworthii
Leaves rounded, w cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Harper's Heartleaf,
Hexastylis harperi
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of their sides convex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Lewis's Heartleaf,
Hexastylis lewisii
Leaves rounded, with cordate base, all portions of the sides of the leaves convex, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Wild Dock,
Acetosa hastatula
Inner sepals cordate with a wide, membranous, erose wing, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Climbing Buckwheat,
Fallopia convolvulus
Leaf apex acute to acuminate, leaf base cordate to cordate-sagittate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Giant Knotweed,
Reynoutria sachalinensis
Leaf blade ovate-oblong, 15-30(-40)cm long, base cordate, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
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Love-chain,
Antigonon leptopus
Leaf base usually cordate, margins ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, per Flora of North America.
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Fragrant White Water-lily,
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
Leaf basal lobes w rather sharp corner or angle [vs. Nymphoides more cordate], per Weakley's Flora.
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Marsh-marigold,
Caltha palustris var. palustris
Leaves almost round, cordate at the base, toothed but never divided or cleft, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Common Tall Meadowrue,
Thalictrum pubescens
Leaflet apex usually 2-3(5) lobed; base rounded to cuneate, rarely subcordate, per The Status of Thalictrum hepaticum (Keener, 1981).
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Common Tall Meadowrue,
Thalictrum pubescens
Leaflets cordate, nearly orbiculate, ovate or obovate, apically undivided to 2-3(5)lobed/toothed, per Flora of North America.
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Kidneyleaf Buttercup,
Ranunculus abortivus
Cauline lvs mostly lobed or divided; basal not so, w reniform to cordate bases, per Weakley's Flora.
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Kidneyleaf Buttercup,
Ranunculus abortivus
Cordate basal leaves that are broader than long, with distinctive broad teeth that are flattish, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Fig Buttercup,
Ficaria verna ssp. verna
Leaves simple, cordate, unlobed, up to 4cm x 4cm, per Weakley's Flora.
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Cupseed,
Calycocarpum lyonii
Leaves not peltate, 3-7-lobed, lobes acute, sinuses usually deep, base cordate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Shepherd's Purse,
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Better known by its obcordate-triangular seed pods than its minute flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Money Plant,
Lunaria annua
Leaves cordate-based, triangular, and with coarse teeth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Yellow Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia flava
Blade of the hood broadly reniform to orbicular-reniform, broadly cordate basally, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Appalachian False Goatsbeard,
Astilbe biternata
Terminal leaflets are acuminate and usually 3-lobed with a cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Ozark Witch-hazel,
Hamamelis vernalis
Leaves mostly obovate, base cuneate (one side cuneate, rounded or cordate), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Large Witch-alder,
Fothergilla major
Leaves lobed or coarsely toothed near tip, or entire; base rounded or slightly cordate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Large Witch-alder,
Fothergilla major
The lowermost secondary veins forming a V shape in an otherwise larger cordate or rounded base, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Robin-runaway,
Dalibarda repens
Leaves cordate-based, almost circular, with scalloped margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Common Agrimony,
Agrimonia gryposepala
Stipules large and foliaceous, semicordate, 1-2cm wide, per Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).
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Bradford Pear,
Pyrus calleryana
Initially circular, maturing to ovate or slightly cordate with tapering tip, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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Toothed Medick,
Medicago polymorpha
Leaflets obovate to obcordate, mostly 6-15mm long, apically denticulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel,
Oxalis dillenii
Leaflets 3, obcordate, lobed 1/5-1/3 length, green on both surfaces, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).
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Small's wood-sorrel,
Oxalis colorea
Leaflets 3, obcordate, green on both surfaces, per Further Observations on the Oxalis dillenii Group (Oxalidaceae) (Nesom et al., 2014).
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Common Yellow Wood-sorrel,
Oxalis stricta
Leaflets obcordate, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, light green to
yellowish-green, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).