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Home >> Checklist: Rare species of North Carolina >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): Rare species of North Carolina Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display Common Names Display images Plant habit trees shrubs vines / lianas herbaceous grass-like ferns & allies aquatic & OBL wetland species special groups arums composites legumes milkweeds mints orchids spurges dicots monocots armature unarmed armed Flower ovaries/pistils per flower 1 2-5 more than 5 Rare species of North Carolina NCU Staff Species Count: 721 Acanthaceae Ruellia humilis Ruellia purshiana Ruellia strepens Aizoaceae Sesuvium maritimum Sesuvium portulacastrum Alismataceae Sagittaria chapmanii Sagittaria engelmanniana Sagittaria fasciculata Sagittaria filiformis Sagittaria graminea Sagittaria isoetiformis Sagittaria macrocarpa Sagittaria weatherbiana Amaranthaceae Amaranthus pumilus Chenopodiastrum simplex Chenopodium foggii Amaryllidaceae Allium allegheniense Allium keeverae Allium tricoccum Hymenocallis occidentalis Hymenocallis pygmaea Zephyranthes simpsonii Anacardiaceae Rhus michauxii Apiaceae Conioselinum chinense Erigenia bulbosa Harperella nodosa Lilaeopsis carolinensis Ptilimnium ahlesii Ptilimnium costatum Ptilimnium macrospermum Thaspium pinnatifidum Tiedemannia canbyi Apocynaceae Asclepias pedicellata Asclepias purpurascens Asclepias tomentosa Matelea decipiens Matelea obliqua Aquifoliaceae Ilex amelanchier Ilex cassine Ilex collina Ilex longipes Araceae Arisaema stewardsonii Peltandra sagittifolia Araliaceae Panax ginseng Panax quinquefolius Arecaceae Sabal palmetto Aristolochiaceae Endodeca serpentaria Hexastylis contracta Hexastylis lewisii Hexastylis naniflora Hexastylis rhombiformis Asparagaceae Camassia scilloides Yucca gloriosa Aspleniaceae Asplenium bradleyi Asplenium monanthes Asplenium pinnatifidum Asplenium ruta-muraria Asplenium x heteroresiliens Asteraceae Acmella repens Arnoglossum ovatum Baccharis glomeruliflora Balduina atropurpurea Bidens trichosperma Chrysoma pauciflosculosa Cirsium carolinianum Cirsium lecontei Cirsium nuttallii Coreopsis aristulata Coreopsis palustris Echinacea laevigata Echinacea pallida Echinacea purpurea Eupatorium altissimum Eupatorium anomalum Eupatorium leptophyllum Eupatorium paludicola Eupatorium resinosum Eurybia mirabilis Eurybia spectabilis Fleischmannia incarnata Hasteola suaveolens Helenium brevifolium Helenium pinnatifidum Helenium vernale Helianthus floridanus Helianthus laevigatus Helianthus schweinitzii Iva microcephala Liatris aspera Liatris helleri Liatris microcephala Liatris squarrulosa Liatris turgida Marshallia grandiflora Marshallia legrandii Marshallia trinervia Nabalus albus Packera millefolium Packera paupercula Packera schweinitziana Parthenium auriculatum Pseudognaphalium helleri Pseudognaphalium micradenium Rudbeckia heliopsidis Rugelia nudicaulis Sclerolepis uniflora Silphium connatum Silphium perfoliatum Silphium terebinthinaceum Solidago leavenworthii Solidago plumosa Solidago ptarmicoides Solidago radula Solidago simulans Solidago spithamaea Solidago squarrosa Solidago tortifolia Solidago uliginosa Solidago ulmifolia Solidago verna Solidago villosicarpa Symphyotrichum depauperatum Symphyotrichum georgianum Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Symphyotrichum rhiannon Symphyotrichum shortii Verbesina walteri Berberidaceae Berberis canadensis Caulophyllum giganteum Jeffersonia diphylla Betulaceae Alnus crispa Betula cordifolia Boraginaceae Hackelia virginiana Lithospermum canescens Phacelia covillei Phacelia maculata Brassicaceae Arabis patens Borodinia missouriensis Cardamine clematitis Cardamine dissecta Cardamine douglassii Cardamine longii Cardamine micranthera Cardamine rotundifolia Draba ramosissima Draba reptans Tomostima reptans Turritis glabra Warea cuneifolia Buxaceae Pachysandra procumbens Campanulaceae Campanula rotundifolia Lobelia boykinii Palustricodon aparinoides Caprifoliaceae Diervilla rivularis Lonicera canadensis Caryophyllaceae Minuartia godfreyi Mononeuria groenlandica Mononeuria uniflora Paronychia herniarioides Silene ovata Celastraceae Celastrus scandens Parnassia caroliniana Parnassia grandifolia Ceratophyllaceae Ceratophyllum australe Cistaceae Crocanthemum bicknellii Crocanthemum carolinianum Crocanthemum corymbosum Crocanthemum georgianum Crocanthemum nashii Crocanthemum propinquum Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium Hudsonia montana Hudsonia tomentosa Commelinaceae Tradescantia virginiana Convolvulaceae Cuscuta cephalanthi Cuscuta coryli Ipomoea imperati Ipomoea macrorhiza Stylisma aquatica Cornaceae Cornus asperifolia Cornus racemosa Crassulaceae Rhodiola rosea Sedum glaucophyllum Sedum pusillum Cyperaceae Bulbostylis warei Carex arctata Carex argyrantha Carex austrodeflexa Carex baileyi Carex barrattii Carex basiantha Carex bushii Carex buxbaumii Carex calcifugens Carex careyana Carex cherokeensis Carex conoidea Carex cristatella Carex crus-corvi Carex decomposita Carex deflexa Carex eburnea Carex emmonsii Carex exilis Carex hitchcockiana Carex hormathodes Carex impressinervia Carex jamesii Carex lupuliformis Carex lutea Carex meadii Carex molestiformis Carex oligocarpa Carex oligosperma Carex pedunculata Carex projecta Carex purpurifera Carex radfordii Carex reniformis Carex roanensis Carex socialis Carex superata Carex tenax Carex tetanica Carex trichocarpa Carex trisperma Carex utriculata Carex verrucosa Carex vesicaria Carex vestita Carex woodii Cladium mariscoides Cyperus dentatus Cyperus granitophilus Cyperus lecontei Cyperus subsquarrosus Cyperus tetragonus Cyperus virens Eleocharis atropurpurea Eleocharis cellulosa Eleocharis elongata Eleocharis fallax Eleocharis halophila Eleocharis montevidensis Eleocharis parvula Eleocharis robbinsii Eleocharis rostellata Eleocharis vivipara Fimbristylis perpusilla Isolepis carinata Rhynchospora alba Rhynchospora crinipes Rhynchospora decurrens Rhynchospora divergens Rhynchospora galeana Rhynchospora harperi Rhynchospora macra Rhynchospora microcarpa Rhynchospora odorata Rhynchospora pinetorum Rhynchospora pleiantha Rhynchospora thornei Rhynchospora tracyi Schoenoplectus acutus Schoenoplectus etuberculatus Scirpus divaricatus Scirpus flaccidifolius Scirpus lineatus Scirpus pendulus Scleria baldwinii Scleria reticularis Scleria verticillata Trichophorum cespitosum Cystopteridaceae Cystopteris fragilis Cystopteris tenuis Cystopteris × tennesseensis Gymnocarpium appalachianum Diapensiaceae Galax urceolata Pyxidanthera brevifolia Droseraceae Dionaea Dionaea muscipula Drosera brevifolia Drosera capillaris Drosera filiformis Drosera intermedia Drosera rotundifolia Drosera tracyi Ericaceae Gaylussacia brachycera Gaylussacia nana Gaylussacia orocola Kalmia angustifolia Monotropsis odorata Pyrola elliptica Rhododendron cumberlandense Rhododendron prinophyllum Rhododendron vaseyi Vaccinium angustifolium Vaccinium macrocarpon Vaccinium virgatum Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon aquaticum Eriocaulon parkeri Eriocaulon texense Lachnocaulon minus Euphorbiaceae Croton monanthogynus Ditrysinia fruticosa Euphorbia bombensis Euphorbia commutata Euphorbia cordifolia Euphorbia mercurialina Euphorbia purpurea Fabaceae Acmispon helleri Aeschynomene virginica Amorpha confusa Amorpha georgiana Astragalus michauxii Baptisia alba Baptisia bracteata Desmodium fernaldii Desmodium ochroleucum Desmodium sessilifolium Erythrina herbacea Galactia mollis Lathyrus pusillus Lupinus villosus Orbexilum macrophyllum Orbexilum onobrychis Robinia hartwegii Robinia viscosa Thermopsis fraxinifolia Thermopsis mollis Trifolium carolinianum Trifolium reflexum Fagaceae Quercus austrina Quercus georgiana Quercus ilicifolia Quercus minima Quercus prinoides Quercus pumila Gelsemiaceae Gelsemium rankinii Gentianaceae Frasera caroliniensis Gentiana alba Gentianopsis crinita Sabatia kennedyana Haloragaceae Myriophyllum laxum Myriophyllum pinnatum Myriophyllum tenellum Hamamelidaceae Fothergilla major Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum tayloriae Hypericaceae Hypericum adpressum Hypericum brachyphyllum Hypericum fasciculatum Hypericum radfordiorum Hypericum suffruticosum Triadenum fraseri Hypoxidaceae Hypoxis juncea Hypoxis rigida Hypoxis sessilis Iridaceae Iris prismatica Sisyrinchium dichotomum Isoetaceae Isoëtes microvela Isoëtes piedmontana Isoëtes virginica Juglandaceae Carya laciniosa Carya myristiciformis Juncaceae Juncus articulatus Juncus caesariensis Juncus dudleyi Juncus militaris Lamiaceae Agastache nepetoides Clinopodium georgianum Collinsonia tuberosa Collinsonia verticillata Lycopus angustifolius Macbridea caroliniana Meehania cordata Monarda × media Pycnanthemum curvipes Pycnanthemum setosum Pycnanthemum torreyi Pycnanthemum virginianum Salvia azurea Scutellaria galericulata Scutellaria nervosa Scutellaria saxatilis Stachys cordata Stachys eplingii Stachys matthewsii Stachys tenuifolia Synandra hispidula Trichostema coeruleum Trichostema setaceum Lauraceae Lindera melissifolia Lindera subcoriacea Litsea aestivalis Lentibulariaceae Pinguicula lutea Pinguicula pumila Utricularia cornuta Utricularia floridana Utricularia geminiscapa Utricularia macrorhiza Utricularia minor Utricularia olivacea Utricularia resupinata Liliaceae Lilium canadense Lilium grayi Lilium pyrophilum Streptopus amplexifolius Linaceae Linum sulcatum Loganiaceae Spigelia marilandica Lycopodiaceae Dendrolycopodium dendroideum Dendrolycopodium hickeyi Huperzia porophila Lycopodiella inundata Lythraceae Didiplis diandra Lythrum lanceolatum Magnoliaceae Magnolia macrophylla Malvaceae Hibiscus aculeatus Melanthiaceae Chamaelirium luteum Helonias bullata Stenanthium densum Trillium catesbaei Trillium cuneatum Trillium discolor Trillium erectum Trillium flexipes Trillium grandiflorum Trillium recurvatum Trillium sessile Trillium simile Veratrum woodii Zigadenus elegans Melastomataceae Rhexia aristosa Menyanthaceae Menyanthes trifoliata Montiaceae Phemeranthus piedmontanus Myricaceae Myrica gale Nartheciaceae Aletris farinosa Aletris lutea Lophiola aurea Narthecium americanum Onagraceae Epilobium ciliatum Ludwigia alata Ludwigia brevipes Ludwigia lanceolata Ludwigia linifolia Ludwigia ravenii Ludwigia sphaerocarpa Ludwigia suffruticosa Oenothera perennis Oenothera riparia Ophioglossaceae Botrychium matricariifolium Sceptridium jenmanii Sceptridium lunarioides Sceptridium multifidum Sceptridium oneidense Orchidaceae Aplectrum hyemale Arethusa bulbosa Bletia purpurea Calopogon barbatus Calopogon multiflorus Calopogon oklahomensis Calopogon pallidus Calopogon tuberosus Cattleya gaskelliana Cleistesiopsis bifaria Cleistesiopsis divaricata Corallorhiza odontorhiza Corallorhiza wisteriana Cypripedium acaule Cypripedium kentuckiense Cypripedium parviflorum Cypripedium reginae Cyrtopodium punctatum Encyclia tampensis Epidendrum anceps Epidendrum boothii Epidendrum boricuarum Epidendrum cochleatum Epidendrum conopseum Epidendrum magnoliae Epidendrum obrienianum Epidendrum radicans Epidendrum rigidum Epidendrum tampense Epipactis helleborine Eulophia alta Eulophia ecristata Galearis spectabilis Goodyera pubescens Goodyera repens Habenaria floribunda Habenaria odontopetala Habenaria repens Harrisella Hexalectris spicata Isotria medeoloides Isotria verticillata Liparis liliifolia Liparis loeselii Listera australis Listera cordata Listera smallii Malaxis bayardii Malaxis spicata Malaxis unifolia Oncidium bahamense Phalaenopsis Physurus sagraeanus Platanthera blephariglottis Platanthera ciliaris Platanthera clavellata Platanthera cristata Platanthera dilatata Platanthera grandiflora Platanthera integra Platanthera integrilabia Platanthera lacera Platanthera nivea Platanthera orbiculata Platanthera peramoena Platanthera psycodes Platanthera repens Platanthera shriveri Platanthera x keenanii Pogonia ophioglossoides Polyrrhiza lindenii Polystachya concreta Ponthieva racemosa Pteroglossaspis ecristata Spathoglottis Spiranthes cernua Spiranthes eatonii Spiranthes floridana Spiranthes grayi Spiranthes lacera Spiranthes laciniata Spiranthes longilabris Spiranthes lucida Spiranthes ochroleuca Spiranthes odorata Spiranthes ovalis Spiranthes praecox Spiranthes tuberosa Spiranthes vernalis Tipularia discolor Orobanchaceae Agalinis virgata Buchnera americana Pedicularis lanceolata Schwalbea americana Seymeria pectinata Oxalidaceae Oxalis priceae Papaveraceae Adlumia fungosa Corydalis micrantha Dicentra eximia Sanguinaria canadensis Plantaginaceae Bacopa caroliniana Bacopa innominata Bacopa rotundifolia Callitriche terrestris Chelone cuthbertii Chelone obliqua Gratiola aurea Gratiola ramosa Plantago cordata Plantago sparsiflora Veronica americana Poaceae Agrostis altissima Agrostis mertensii Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum Andropogon mohrii Anthoxanthum hirtum Aristida condensata Aristida simpliciflora Aristida tenuispica Bouteloua curtipendula Brachyelytrum aristosum Bromus ciliatus Bromus latiglumis Calamagrostis cainii Chasmanthium nitidum Coelorachis cylindrica Danthonia epilis Deschampsia cespitosa Diarrhena americana Dichanthelium aciculare Dichanthelium annulum Dichanthelium boreale Dichanthelium caerulescens Dichanthelium hirstii Dichanthelium scabriusculum Eustachys glauca Glyceria laxa Glyceria nubigena Leersia lenticularis Luziola fluitans Melica nitens Milium effusum Muhlenbergia glabrifloris Muhlenbergia glomerata Muhlenbergia sobolifera Muhlenbergia torreyana Panicum flexile Panicum lithophilum Paspalum dissectum Paspalum fluitans Paspalum vaginatum Phanopyrum gymnocarpon Poa paludigena Poa palustris Poa saltuensis Spartina pectinata Sporobolus heterolepis Sporobolus teretifolius Sporobolus virginicus Tridens ambiguus Tridens chapmanii Tridens strictus Trisetum spicatum Polemoniaceae Phlox subulata Polygalaceae Asemeia grandiflora Polygala hookeri Polygala nana Polygala senega Polygonaceae Eriogonum tomentosum Persicaria amphibia Persicaria hirsuta Polygonella articulata Polygonum glaucum Polypodiaceae Grammitis nimbata Pontederiaceae Heteranthera multiflora Portulacaceae Portulaca smallii Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton amplifolius Potamogeton confervoides Potamogeton illinoensis Potamogeton natans Potamogeton nodosus Primulaceae Dodecatheon meadia Hottonia inflata Lysimachia asperulifolia Lysimachia fraseri Lysimachia hybrida Lysimachia tonsa Trientalis borealis Pteridaceae Adiantum capillus-veneris Myriopteris alabamensis Pellaea wrightiana Ranunculaceae Aconitum reclinatum Actaea podocarpa Actaea racemosa Anemone berlandieri Anemone caroliniana Caltha palustris Cimicifuga americana Clematis catesbyana Delphinium exaltatum Enemion biternatum Hydrastis canadensis Ranunculus ambigens Ranunculus fascicularis Ranunculus flabellaris Ranunculus hederaceus Ranunculus micranthus Thalictrum cooleyi Thalictrum macrostylum Rhamnaceae Sageretia minutiflora Rosaceae Crataegus coccinea Crataegus munda Crataegus pallens Crataegus senta Crataegus succulenta Dalibarda repens Filipendula rubra Geum aleppicum Geum geniculatum Geum laciniatum Geum radiatum Gillenia stipulata Prunus susquehanae Spiraea corymbosa Spiraea virginiana Waldsteinia lobata Rubiaceae Houstonia montana Oldenlandia boscii Santalaceae Buckleya distichophylla Sapotaceae Sideroxylon tenax Sarraceniaceae Sarracenia Sarracenia alabamensis Sarracenia alata Sarracenia flava Sarracenia jonesii Sarracenia leucophylla Sarracenia minor Sarracenia oreophila Sarracenia psittacina Sarracenia purpurea Sarracenia rosea Saxifragaceae Heuchera pubescens Micranthes caroliniana Micranthes pensylvanica Schisandraceae Schisandra glabra Scrophulariaceae Limosella australis Scrophularia lanceolata Smilacaceae Smilax hugeri Smilax lasioneura Solanaceae Solanum pseudogracile Taxaceae Taxus canadensis Theaceae Stewartia ovata Thelypteridaceae Phegopteris connectilis Thelypteris simulata Tofieldiaceae Triantha glutinosa Typhaceae Sparganium emersum Urticaceae Parietaria praetermissa Urtica chamaedryoides Violaceae Viola walteri Vitaceae Parthenocissus inserta Woodsiaceae Woodsia appalachiana Woodsia ilvensis Xyridaceae Xyris chapmanii Xyris floridana Xyris scabrifolia Xyris serotina Xyris stricta
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