Submerged aquatic plant in cold, clear river. First photo has a few stray stems from a water buttercup.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Greenbrier Ranger Station
spurred petal moderately bearded
spurred petal glabrous
spurred petal moderately bearded (maybe even "densely")
On embankment beside trail in mixed cove forest. Some small, dtk green heart-shaped leaves and some taller lobed leaves. Stems dark and densely fuzzy.
Acaulescent; lvs crenate, longer than wide, ovate-triangular, cordate, margins eciliate; foliage sparsely pubescent (mostly abaxially); lateral petals bearded, widely spreading; spurred sparsely bearded; petioles pubescent mostly lower; calyx rounded, eciliate
Fieldwork supported by the NB Wildlife Trust Fund: https://www.nbwtf.ca/en/
Location purposely highly inaccurate and imprecise