The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the StateGleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
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The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
Plants -- Michigan
1b. Corolla blue with a yellow center, 4-8 mm. wide (1-5 dm. high;
spring and early summer) (Forget-me-not) --13.
1c. Corolla deep orange, salver-form (2-6 dm. high; spring) (Puccoon)
--15.
1d. Corolla white or blue, or lightly tinged with yellow or red --2.
2a. Corolla rotate, with a very short tube, bright-blue, about 20
mm. broad (3-8 dm. high; summer) =Borage, Borago officinalis.=
2b. Corolla tubular, funnel-form, or salver-form --3.
3a. Corolla 10 mm. long or more; its tube distinctly longer than the
calyx --4.
3b. Corolla less than 10 mm. long; its tube equaling or shorter than the
calyx --8.
4a. Flowers yellowish-white, or somewhat tinged with pink or
greenish --5.
4b. Flowers blue or purple --6.
5a. Corolla-lobes erect; leaves sessile (3-8 dm. high; early summer)
=False Gromwell; Onosmodium occidentale.=
5b. Corolla-lobes spreading; leaves decurrent (6-10 dm. high; summer)
=Comfrey, Symphytum officinale.=
6a. Stem and leaves glabrous (3-6 dm. high; spring)
=Bluebell, Mertensia virginica.=
6b. Stem and leaves pubescent (4-8 dm. high) --7.
7a. Corolla regular; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate (summer)
=Bluebell, Mertensia paniculata.=
7b. Corolla irregular; leaves linear-oblong (summer)
=Blueweed, Echium vulgare.=
8a. Ovary and fruit covered with hooked prickles --9.
8b. Ovary and fruit not prickly --12.
9a. Principal leaves 2.5 cm. wide or more --10.
9b. Principal leaves 2 cm. wide or less (3-8 dm. high; flowers blue or
white, summer) (Stickseed) --11.
10a. Leaves chiefly basal, the racemes on long leafless peduncles
(4-8 dm. high; flowers pale blue, early summer)
=Wild Comfrey, Cynoglossum boreale.=
10b. Stems leafy (8-12 dm. high; flowers white, summer)
=Beggar Lice, Lappula virginiana.=
11a. A bract at the base of each flower =Stickseed, Lappula echinata.=
11b. Racemes without bracts at the base of each flower
=Stickseed, Lappula deflexa var. americana.=
12a. Racemes bractless, or bracted only at the base (1-4 dm. high)
--14.
12b. Raceme with a bract at the base of each flower (flowers white
or yellowish) --17.
13a. Corolla 4 mm. wide =Forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa.=
13b. Corolla 6-8 mm. wide =Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides.=
14a. Calyx-lobes all of equal length (summer)
=Scorpion Grass, Myosotis arvensis.=
14b. Calyx-lobes distinctly unequal in length (spring)
=Scorpion Grass, Myosotis virginica.=
15a. Corolla-lobes denticulate =Puccoon, Lithospermum angustifolium.=
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