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
15b. Corolla-lobes entire --16.
16a. Flowers sessile; stem softly pubescent
=Puccoon, Lithospermum canescens.=
16b. Flowers on pedicels 2-5 mm. long; stem hispid or bristly
=Puccoon, Lithospermum gmelini.=
17a. Corolla white; fruit brown and wrinkled (weed 2-4 dm. high; spring
and summer) =Corn Gromwell, Lithospermum arvense.=
17b. Corolla yellowish-white; fruit white and smooth (5-10 dm. high)
--18.
18a. Corolla distinctly surpassing the calyx in length (spring and
summer) =Corn Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale.=
18b. Corolla equaling or shorter than the calyx (spring)
=Wild Gromwell, Lithospermum latifolium.=
LABIATAE, the Mint Family
Herbs with opposite leaves, square stems, and usually aromatic odor;
flowers irregular, with united petals, or almost regular; stamens 2 or
4, attached to the tube of the corolla; ovary deeply 4-lobed, with a
single style.
1a. Stamens 2 --2.
1b. Stamens 4 --15.
2a. Corolla regular or nearly so; flowers white, in dense axillary
clusters; plants usually of wet grounds (2-8 dm. high; summer
and autumn) --3.
2b. Corolla distinctly irregular and more or less 2-lipped --7.
3a. Calyx-teeth short, triangular, acute or obtuse (Bugle Weed) --4.
3b. Calyx-teeth narrow, acuminate or cuspidate (Water Hoarhound) --5.
4a. Stems and stolons bearing tubers
=Bugle Weed, Lycopus uniflorus.=
4b. Stems and stolons not bearing tubers
=Bugle Weed, Lycopus virginicus.=
5a. Leaves serrate; calyx-teeth sharp-pointed --6.
5b. Leaves coarsely incised; calyx-teeth awn-tipped
=Water Hoarhound, Lycopus americanus.=
6a. Corolla twice as long as the calyx; leaves narrowed at the base
=Water Hoarhound, Lycopus rubellus.=
6b. Corolla barely longer than the calyx; leaves sessile or nearly
so =Water Hoarhound, Lycopus lucidus var. americanus.=
7a. Corolla blue, 3-4 mm. long; flowers in loose axillary clusters (1-4
dm. high; summer) (Pennyroyal) --8.
7b. Corolla 8-40 mm. long --9.
8a. Leaves serrate =Pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides.=
8b. Leaves linear, entire =Pennyroyal, Hedeoma hispida.=
9a. Lower lobe of the corolla fringed, very much longer than the upper
(5-15 dm. high; corolla pale-yellow; late summer)
=Horse Balm, Collinsonia canadensis.=
9b. Lower lobe of the corolla nearly or quite as long as the upper and
not fringed --10.
10a. Calyx narrowly tubular; its teeth about equal in size (5-10
dm. high; flowers in dense terminal heads, in summer) --11.
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