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Watercress,
Nasturtium officinale
The dark green leaves are pinnately compound; terminal leaflet larger, round, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Southern Agrimony,
Agrimonia parviflora
Eleven or more principal leaflets (other Agrimonia species have fewer), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Common Agrimony,
Agrimonia gryposepala
Usually two or more pairs of minor leaflets between all major leaflet pairs, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Woodland Agrimony,
Agrimonia rostellata
Only one pair of minor leaflets (or none) between each major leaflet pair, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Downy Agrimony,
Agrimonia pubescens
0-3 pair(s) of minor leaflets between major, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Low Agrimony,
Agrimonia microcarpa
Stipules deeply incised, half ovate; hirsute hairs of the stem 3mm or longer, per Weakley's Flora.
Coffeeweed,
Senna obtusifolia
Leaflets 4-6, terminal pair largest, obovate, widely rounded apically, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Northern Wild Senna,
Senna hebecarpa
5-10 pairs of leaflets, elliptic, 1-2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Maryland Wild Senna,
Senna marilandica
The petiolar gland is usually broadest at or below the middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Common Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
5-18 pr of light-sensitive, linear-oblong leaflets [per leaf], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Sensitive Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
7-20 pr of light-and-touch-sensitive, linear-oblong leaflets [per leaf], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Crown-vetch,
Securigera varia
Leaves odd-pinnate with from 9 to many more oblong leaflets 1/2-3/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Bigpod Sesbania,
Sesbania herbacea
Leaflets entire, narrowly oblong to linear-elliptic or linear, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Bladderpod,
Sesbania vesicaria
Leaflets entire, oblong to somewhat elliptic, 1-4cm long, 3-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Carolina Indigo,
Indigofera caroliniana
Leaflets mostly obovate to oblanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Virginia Goat's Rue,
Tephrosia virginiana
An erect unbranched plant covered with silky white hairs. Leaves odd-pinnate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Spiked Hoary-pea,
Tephrosia spicata
Leaflets 9-17, oblong-obovate to obovate or elliptic, 1-2.7(3.7)cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Spiked Hoary-pea,
Tephrosia spicata
Plant ascending to sprawling, rusty hairy. Leaflets w a sharp-pointed tip, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Sprawling Hoary-pea,
Tephrosia hispidula
Leaves ~ 5-11cm long; leaflets oblong to ovate-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Canada Milkvetch,
Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis
The 15-31 leaflets are oblong and up to 2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Bigflower Vetch,
Vicia grandiflora
Leaves with a weak, usually branched, tendril and 6-14 leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Narrowleaf Vetch,
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
Leaflets 4-10x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Smooth Vetch,
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
Leaflets mostly 14-20, more or less pubescent on both sides. Tendrils branched, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Tiny Vetch,
Vicia hirsuta
Leaves with 6-8 pairs of linear to elliptic leaflets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Slender Vetch,
Vicia tetrasperma
Leaves with simple or forked tendrils. Leaflets 4-10(16), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Carolina Vetch,
Vicia caroliniana
Leaflets 10-18(24), elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Everlasting Pea,
Lathyrus latifolius
Leaves consist of 2 lanceolate leaflets and a branched terminal tendril, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Wood Pea,
Lathyrus venosus
Stem terminated by a branched tendril, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Common Storksbill,
Erodium cicutarium
Leaves pubescent, pinnately compound and deeply pinnately dissected, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Jamaica Feverplant,
Tribulus cistoides
Leaves opposite, leaflets softly hairy, per Everglades Wildflowers (Hammer, 2002, 2015).
Spikenard,
Aralia racemosa
Leaflets large and heart-shaped at the base, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
Hemlock Water-parsnip,
Sium suave
Leaflets 7-17, finely toothed (vs. Oxypolis rigidior 5-9 and mostly entire, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
Cowbane,
Oxypolis rigidior
Leaflets have few or no teeth (teeth, if any, above middle of leaflet blade), per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
Water Celery,
Oenanthe javanica
Stem decumbent. Lvs' ultimate segments ovate or rhombic-ovate, margins serrate, per Flora of North America.
Spreading Jacob's-ladder,
Polemonium reptans var. reptans
The principal leaves have 11-21 leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Standing-cypress,
Ipomopsis rubra
Leaves pinnately divided into linear or filiform, mucronate, segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).