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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).
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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).
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Tatarian Honeysuckle,
Lonicera tatarica
Petiole 2-5mm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, sometimes oblong, per Flora of China.
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Blackhaw,
Viburnum prunifolium
Leaf blades 1-3" long, margins finely serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Balsam-pear,
Momordica charantia ssp. charantia
Leaf blade suborbiculate-orbiculate, deeply palmately 5-7 lobed, base cordate, per Flora of North America.
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Wahlenbergia,
Wahlenbergia marginata
Leaf blades spatulate, oblanceolate, elliptic or linear, per Flora of China.
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Nuttall's Lobelia,
Lobelia nuttallii
The leaf blades of these basal rosettes are about 8mm X 6mm. — Alan Weakley
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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).
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Tall Rattlesnake-root,
Nabalus altissimus
Petioles winged; leaf blades usually ovate or triangular, often deeply 3-lobed, per Flora of North America.
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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).
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Robbins' Ragwort,
Packera schweinitziana
Basal lf blade 2-8x long as wide, base truncate to cordate (typically oblique), per Weakley's Flora.
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Roundleaf Ragwort,
Packera obovata
Basal leaves have obovate or nearly round blades tapering at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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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).
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Virginia Thistle,
Cirsium virginianum
Leaves firm-textured, blades thick, ± rigid, per Flora of North America.
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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).
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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).
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Lettermann's Ironweed,
Vernonia lettermanii
Leaf blades filiform, 1-3(+)mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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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.
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Wandering Cudweed,
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, faces concolor or weakly bicolor, per Flora of North America.
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Elegant Cudweed,
Gamochaeta impatiens
Leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, adaxially glabrous or glabrate, per Flora of North America.
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Pearly-everlasting,
Anaphalis margaritacea
Leaf blades - abaxial faces tomentose or glabrescent (proximal leaves), per Flora of North America.
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Southern Doll's-daisy,
Boltonia diffusa var. diffusa
Leaf blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, bases not decurrent, per Flora of North America.
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Twisted-leaf Whitetop Aster,
Sericocarpus tortifolius
Leaf blades obovate, margins entire, faces hairy, resinous, per Flora of North America.
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Large-leaf Aster,
Eurybia macrophylla
Basal leaves thick, long-stalked, with toothed cordate blade, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Wavyleaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Cauline leaf blades sessile and cordate-clasping, and/or... [see next photo]
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Alexander's Rock Aster,
Eurybia avita
Leaf blades (1-nerved) linear to lance-linear or oblong-linear (grasslike), per Flora of North America.
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Scale-leaf Aster,
Symphyotrichum adnatum
Blades of mid-stem leaves ascending-appressed, twisted at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Zigzag Aster,
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
Long-pointed ovate-lanceolate sharply toothed blades taper below the middle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Perennial Saltmarsh Aster,
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
Leaves few, leaf blades succulent, linear or nearly so, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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.
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Zigzag Goldenrod,
Solidago flexicaulis
Leaf blades ovate, seldom more than twice as long as wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Yadkin River Goldenrod,
Solidago plumosa
Basal leaf blades linear to elliptic-oblanceolate, tapering to petioles, per Flora of North America.
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Slender Goldenrod,
Solidago erecta
Mid & distal cauline leaves sessile, blades linear-elliptic, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
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Gorge Goldenrod,
Solidago faucibus
Basal & proximal leaf blades ovate, abruptly tapering to winged petioles, per Flora of North America.
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Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod,
Solidago patula
Blades relatively thick, margins serrate, apices acute, abaxially glabrous, adaxially scabrous, per Flora of North America.
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Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod,
Solidago patula
Basal and proximal cauline lvs abruptly narrowed to long, winged petioles, blades broadly ovate, per Flora of North America.
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Eastern Gray Goldenrod,
Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis
Lower lf blades oblanceolate to narrowly ovate, gradually tapering to petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
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Maryland Goldenaster,
Chrysopsis mariana
Basal leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate, bases attenuate, ...
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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).
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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).
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Carolina Green-and-gold,
Chrysogonum repens
The hairy leaves are long-petioled, with ovate, scalloped blades, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Carolina Green-and-gold,
Chrysogonum repens
Laminae [blades] of the rays broadly elliptic, with 3-toothed apices, per Flora of North America.
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Sandhill Wild Quinine,
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
Blades of basal leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes undulately lobed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Sunfacing Coneflower,
Rudbeckia heliopsidis
Stems villous to glabrate. Leaf blades elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, and flat, per Flora of North America.
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Purple-disk Sunflower,
Helianthus atrorubens
Petiole often > 1/3 as long as the blade, broadly winged toward the blade, per Weakley's Flora.
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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).
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Downy Sunflower,
Helianthus mollis
Leaf blades ashy or gray-green, 3-nerved distal to bases, per Flora of North America.
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Downy Sunflower,
Helianthus mollis
Leaf blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, per Flora of North America.
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Thinleaf Sunflower,
Helianthus decapetalus
The tips of its leaf blades are unusually long and slender, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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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).
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Hairy Sunflower,
Helianthus resinosus
Petioles obscured by decurrent leaf blade, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Hairy Sunflower,
Helianthus resinosus
Ovate or lance-ovate blade with a broadly winged, gradually narrowed petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
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Snowy Black-anthers,
Melanthera nivea
Lf blades usually ovate, sometimes deltate or 3-lobed, rarely lance-elliptic, per Flora of North America.
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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).
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Savanna Coreopsis,
Coreopsis linifolia
Leaf blades linear-oblanceolate to linear, margins glabrous, surfaces w numerous tiny dark dots, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Lanceleaf Coreopsis,
Coreopsis lanceolata
Blades simple or with 1–2+ lateral lobes, per Flora of North America.
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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).
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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).
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Pineland Barbara's-buttons,
Marshallia ramosa
Basal leaves are petiolate, the blades 3-nerved and linear, per Flora of North America.
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Scentless Chamomile,
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Leaf blades 2-8cm, ultimate lobes filiform, 4-20mm, not fleshy, per Flora of North America.