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
10b. Calyx campanulate, 2 of its teeth different in size from the
other 3 (4-8 dm. high; flowers pink-purple, in terminal
clusters in summer) --14.
11a. Corolla scarlet =Oswego Tea, Monarda didyma.=
11b. Corolla bright crimson or rose-red
=Wild Bergamot, Monarda fistulosa var. rubra.=
11c. Corolla white, pink, pale-purple, or yellowish --12.
12a. Flower-clusters all terminal --13.
12b. Flower-clusters both terminal and axillary
=Horse Mint, Monarda punctata.=
13a. Leaves and stem with soft spreading pubescence
=Wild Bergamot, Monarda fistulosa.=
13b. Leaves and stem grayish with fine appressed pubescence
=Wild Bergamot, Monarda mollis.=
14a. Upper calyx-teeth about 3 times as long as the lower
=Blephilia, Blephilia hirsuta.=
14b. Upper calyx-teeth but little longer than the lower
=Blephilia, Blephilia ciliata.=
15a. Calyx with a distinct protuberance on the back of the upper side
(Skullcap) --16.
15b. Calyx without a distinct protuberance --20.
16a. Corolla 5-8 mm. long; flowers in axillary racemes (3-8 dm.
high; flowers blue, in summer)
=Mad-dog Skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora.=
16b. Corolla 6-10 mm. long; flowers axillary, solitary (1-3 dm.
high; flowers violet, early summer)
=Skullcap, Scutellaria parvula.=
16c. Corolla 12-30 mm. long; flowers axillary or in terminal
racemes (4-8 dm. high; flowers blue, summer) --17.
17a. Stem-leaves cordate =Skullcap, Scutellaria versicolor.=
17b. Stem-leaves not distinctly cordate --18.
18a. Stem-leaves sessile or nearly so; plant of swamps and
river-banks =Skullcap, Scutellaria galericulata.=
18b. Stem-leaves with petioles 1 cm. or more long; plants of dry or
moist woods --19.
19a. Stem glandular-pubescent toward the summit; corolla 16 mm. long or
less =Skullcap, Scutellaria pilosa.=
19b. Stem not glandular; corolla 20 mm. long
=Skullcap, Scutellaria incana.=
20a. Calyx-teeth 5, all equal or nearly so at the time of flowering
--28.
20b. Calyx-teeth 5, one of them different in size and shape from
the other four (2-6 dm. high; flowers light blue, summer)
=Dragon Head, Dracocephalum parviflorum.=
20c. Calyx-teeth 5, two of them different in size and shape from
the other three --21.
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