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American Barberry,
Berberis canadensis
6 sepals & 6 petals, the petals w notched tips (vs. rounded on B. vulgaris), per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Leatherleaf Mahonia,
Mahonia bealei
Flowers yellow with three whorls of sepals and one whorl of petals, per Flora of China.
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Nandina,
Nandina domestica
All perianth parts caducous [falling off early]; sepals & petals intergrading, per Flora of North America.
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Common Blue Cohosh,
Caulophyllum thalictroides
The six petal-like sepals are yellow-green to purple-green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Common Blue Cohosh,
Caulophyllum thalictroides
True petals are the small yellowish glands at the base of petaloid sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Umbrella-leaf,
Diphylleia cymosa
Unlike most other dicots, the sepals, petals & stamens number 6 each, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Carolina Moonseed,
Nephroia carolina
Sepals and petals 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Tulip-tree,
Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera
Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals 6, in two rows, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Hybrid Pawpaw,
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Peduncle rusty pubescent, 6-12mm long. Sepals densely rusty pilose, per A New Hybrid of Asimina (Annonaceae) Based on Morphological and Ecological Data (Horn, 2017).
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Florida Star-anise,
Illicium floridanum
Petals and sepals indistinguishable, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Wintersweet,
Chimonanthus praecox
Blossoms 1" wide; outer sepals pale yellow, inner sepals chocolate-colored, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
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Dutchman's Britches,
Dicentra cucullaria
Sepals widely ovate-lanceolate, 2-4mm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 8-14mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Shepherd's Purse,
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Sepals green or reddish (margins membranous), per Flora of North America.
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Common Dog-mustard,
Erucastrum gallicum
Sepals sparsely hispid apically; petals white to pale yellow, per Flora of North America.
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Broadleaf Toothwort,
Cardamine diphylla
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Eastern Slender Toothwort,
Cardamine angustata
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Dissected Toothwort,
Cardamine dissecta
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Cutleaf Toothwort,
Cardamine concatenata
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bulbous Bittercress,
Cardamine bulbosa
Green sepals fade to yellow after flowering, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Pennsylvania Bittercress,
Cardamine pensylvanica
Sepals oblong, lateral pair not saccate basally, per Flora of North America.
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Lyreleaf Rockcress,
Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
4 white petals, 4 green sepals, several stamens, and a pistil with a short style, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Common Smooth Rockcress,
Borodinia laevigata
Four sepals, slightly shorter than the petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Common Smooth Rockcress,
Borodinia laevigata
Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white, 3-5mm, per Flora of North America.
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Missouri Rockcress,
Borodinia missouriensis
Flowers ascending at anthesis; sepals glabrous; petals white, 5-10mm, per Flora of North America.
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Canada Rockcress,
Borodinia canadensis
Sepals form a round cup at flower base. Petals spreading & about 1.5x longer, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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Money Plant,
Lunaria annua
Petals 4, usually purple or lavender, obovate, much longer than sepals, per Flora of North America.
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Money Plant,
Lunaria annua
Sepals cucullate [hood-like], two linear and two broadly oblong-elliptic, per Flora of North America.
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Arugula,
Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa
Sepals (sometimes persistent), erect, oblong [linear], (connivent), per Flora of North America.
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Yellow Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia flava
Flowers strongly ill-scented; sepals yellowish-green; style-disk yellow-green, per Flora of North America.
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Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia jonesii
Flowers have 5 persistent sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Hooded Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia minor var. minor
Sepals yellowish green; petals yellow, distal portion narrowly obovate, per Flora of North America.
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Southern Purple Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa
Five persistent sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Parrot Pitcherplant,
Sarracenia psittacina
Sepals maroon, per Flora of North America.
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Widow's Cross,
Sedum pulchellum
Sepals erect, distinct, light green, linear-lanceolate, unequal, per Flora of North America.
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Tracy's Sundew,
Drosera tracyi
Scapes glabrous. Pedicels & sepals glandular-pilose. Petals broadly ovate, apical margins erose, per Flora of North America.
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Roundleaf Gooseberry,
Ribes rotundifolium
Green to reddish sepals, white to pinkish petals, and protruding stamens, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Miccosukee Gooseberry,
Ribes echinellum
Greenish flowers w 5 small petals, 5 spreading sepals, long exserted stamens, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Oakleaf Hydrangea,
Hydrangea quercifolia
Sterile flowers' greatly enlarged sepals begin white, turning pink-purplish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Purple Alumroot,
Heuchera hispida
Petals purple or pink, wider than sepals, margins fimbriate, per Flora of North America.
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Marbled Alumroot,
Heuchera pubescens
Sepals about as long as petals, stamens not exserted, style conspicuously longer than petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Early Saxifrage,
Micranthes virginiensis
Sepals erect to ascending (even in fruit), ovate to triangular, per Flora of North America.
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Brook Lettuce,
Micranthes micranthidifolia
Calyx tube absent; sepals 1.5-2.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wild Strawberry,
Fragaria virginiana
5 sepals interspersed and united with 5 similar but shorter & narrower bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Northern Barren Strawberry,
Waldsteinia fragarioides
Petals 4-10mm (longer than the sepals), and the spread flower ~ 3/4" across, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Southern Barren Stawberry,
Waldsteinia doniana
Petals 2.5-4mm long (about as long as the sepals), 1-1.5mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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Piedmont Barren Strawberry,
Waldsteinia lobata
The green, triangular, spreading sepals are often longer than the petals, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Old Field Cinquefoil,
Potentilla simplex
Epicalyx bractlets linear to narrowly lanceolate, often larger than sepals, per Flora of North America.
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Rough-fruited Cinquefoil,
Potentilla recta
Sepals 5-10mm long, acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Strawberry-weed,
Potentilla norvegica
Under the 5 yellow petals & 5 green sepals, there are 5 green bracts, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Purple Flowering-raspberry,
Rubacer odoratum
Sepals triangular-ovate and caudate [that is, with a tail-like appendage], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wineberry,
Rubus phoenicolasius
Flower petals are white and shorter than the sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Wineberry,
Rubus phoenicolasius
Sepals, covered w red-tipped glandular trichomes, enclose fruit until maturity, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wineberry,
Rubus phoenicolasius
Fruit red, with five elongated, glandular, yellowish sepals, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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European Blackberry,
Rubus bifrons
Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 6-8mm long, acute to aristate, tomentose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Allegheny Blackberry,
Rubus allegheniensis var. allegheniensis
Sepals 6-10mm long (or longer), pubescent & often stipitate-glandular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Pennsylvania Blackberry,
Rubus pensilvanicus
Flowers about 1" wide, the petals longer than the sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Pennsylvania Blackberry,
Rubus pensilvanicus
Sepals 4-6mm long, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Smooth Blackberry,
Rubus canadensis
Similar to R. argutus, whose sepals are 4-6mm long, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Common Dewberry,
Rubus flagellaris
Pedicels pubescent, often stipitate-glandular. Sepals densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Southern Dewberry,
Rubus trivialis
Sepals 5-7mm long, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).