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Doll's-eyes,
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea, Astilbe, Aruncus, Caulophyllum, & Aralia can be difficult to distinguish.
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Common Black Cohosh,
Actaea racemosa
Black Cohosh on the left; Blue Cohosh on the right.
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Common Black Cohosh,
Actaea racemosa
Black Cohosh on the left; False Goatsbeard on the right.
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Common Black Cohosh,
Actaea racemosa
Leaflets broad, coarsely toothed; terminal leaflet generally 3-lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Mountain Black Cohosh,
Actaea podocarpa
Terminal leaflet with 3 major veins arising from the base, per Weakley's Flora.
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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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Appalachian False Goatsbeard,
Astilbe biternata
Lateral leaflets ovate, elliptic, 3-lobed or lobed on one side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Canada Burnet,
Sanguisorba canadensis
Leaves pinnate, with 7-15 sharply toothed leaflets, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Eastern Goatsbeard,
Aruncus dioicus var. dioicus
Leaflets resemble elm leaves; terminal leaflet is unlobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Wild Sarsaparilla,
Aralia nudicaulis
Has a single compound leaf with 3 primary forks, each with 3-5 leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Spikenard,
Aralia racemosa
Leaves pinnately compound or ternately and pinnately decompound, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bristly Sarsaparilla,
Aralia hispida
Lower stem beset w slender bristles, also several bipinnate cauline leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Bland Sweet Cicely,
Osmorhiza claytonii
Leaves to 1' long, often hairy, twice triple-compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Bland Sweet Cicely,
Osmorhiza claytonii
Umbels compound with hairy stalks. Flower petals longer than the styles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Aniseroot,
Osmorhiza longistylis
Egg-shaped leaflets deeply lobed & toothed. Stem nearly smooth (occ. hairy), per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Goutweed,
Aegopodium podagraria
Leaves arising from the rhizomes typically outnumber flower-bearing stems, per USDA Forest Service Weed of the Week (Northeastern Area).
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American Lovage,
Ligusticum canadense
The straightish and toothless basal portion of each leaflet is distinctive, per Weakley's Flora.
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Water-hemlock,
Cicuta maculata var. maculata
The veins of the leaflets end at notches (in Angelica they do not), per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Hairy Angelica,
Angelica venenosa
Stem leaves dark green, thick, and compound. Leaflet margins toothed, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Mountain Angelica,
Angelica triquinata
Leaves pinnately or bipinnately divided, the larger leaf segments ~3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Cow-parsnip,
Heracleum maximum
The large leaves are divided into 3 toothed, lobed, maple-like leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge Parkway (Alderman, 1997).