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
34a. Leaves ovate to oblong, acute; flowers pink, white, or pale
purple (6-15 dm. high; summer) =Catnip, Nepeta cataria.=
34b. Leaves nearly circular or kidney-shape; flowers blue
(creeping; flowers in spring and summer)
=Ground Ivy, Nepeta hederacea.=
35a. Flowers in terminal spikes, or the lower axillary (3-8 dm. high;
flowers pink-purple or white, summer) (Mint) --36.
35b. Flowers all in axillary whorls (flowers pink-purple or white,
summer) (Mint) --38.
35c. Flowers in terminal capitate corymbed clusters (4-8 dm. high;
flowers white or dotted with purple, summer) (Mountain Mint) --41.
36a. Leaves sessile or with very short petiole
=Spearmint, Mentha spicata.=
36b. Leaves with manifest petioles --37.
37a. Principal leaves less than half as broad as long
=Peppermint, Mentha piperita.=
37b. Principal leaves more than half as broad as long
=Bergamot Mint, Mentha citrata.=
38a. Stem glabrous; leaves ovate to obovate (4-8 dm. high)
=Downy Mint, Mentha gentilis.=
38b. Stem pubescent, at least on the angles (1-6 dm. high) --39.
39a. Principal leaves distinctly petioled and somewhat rounded at base
=Wild Mint, Mentha arvensis.=
39b. Leaves tapering to the base --40.
40a. Leaves and stem pubescent
=Wild Mint, Mentha arvensis var. canadensis.=
40b. Leaves glabrous; stem pubescent on the angles only
=Wild Mint, Mentha arvensis var. glabrata.=
41a. Leaves linear; calyx-teeth awl-shape
=Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum flexuosum.=
41b. Leaves narrowly lanceolate; calyx-teeth triangular-ovate
=Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum virginianum.=
42a. Stems decumbent to diffuse; leaves cordate to nearly circular
(stems 2-5 dm. long or high; flowers in spring and summer)
(Dead Nettle) --43.
42b. Stem erect; leaves palmately cleft; calyx-teeth spiny (6-15
dm. tall; flowers pink, in summer)
=Motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca.=
42c. Stems erect or ascending; leaves ovate-lanceolate to linear
(summer) --45.
43a. Upper leaves closely sessile (flowers red-purple)
=Dead Nettle, Lamium amplexicaule.=
43b. Leaves all petioled --44.
44a. Flowers red or purple =Dead Nettle, Lamium maculatum.=
44b. Flowers white =Dead Nettle, Lamium album.=
45a. Flowers 2-2.5 cm. long, in loose terminal spikes (5-10 dm. tall;
flowers rose-color) =False Dragon Head, Physostegia virginiana.=
45b. Flowers 1-2 cm. long, in axillary and terminal spiked whorls --46.
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