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
46a. Calyx-teeth spiny pointed (flowers pink or pale-purple) (Hemp
Nettle) --47.
46b. Calyx-teeth acute to awl-shape, but not spiny (3-10 dm. high;
flowers pale-purple) (Hedge Nettle) --48.
47a. Leaves ovate (3-8 dm. high) =Hemp Nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit.=
47b. Leaves linear to lanceolate (1-4 dm. high)
=Hemp Nettle, Galeopsis ladanum.=
48a. Leaves glabrous --49.
48b. Leaves distinctly pubescent --50.
49a. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, serrate
=Hedge Nettle, Stachys tenuifolia.=
49b. Leaves linear-oblong, entire or nearly so
=Hedge Nettle, Stachys hyssopifolia.=
50a. Stem pubescent on the angles alone; leaves petioled
=Hedge Nettle, Stachys tenuifolia var. aspera.=
50b. Stem pubescent on both sides and angles; leaves nearly sessile
--51.
51a. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more than 1 cm. wide
=Hedge Nettle, Stachys palustris.=
51b. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1 cm. wide or less
=Hedge Nettle, Stachys arenicola.=
VERBENACEAE, the Verbena Family
Herbs, with simple opposite leaves and slightly irregular flowers in
spikes or heads; petals 5, united and bearing the 4 stamens in the
corolla-tube; ovary 1, 2-celled or 4-celled, with 1 style.
1a. Plants prostrate or spreading --2.
1b. Plants erect (flowers in summer) (Vervain) --3.
2a. Leaves serrate; flowers in short dense spikes (flowers
pale-blue, summer) =Fog Fruit, Lippia lanceolata.=
2b. Leaves pinnatifid; flowers in loose bracted spikes (flowers
light-purple, summer) =Vervain, Verbena bracteosa.=
3a. Spikes dense, continuous (flowers purple or blue, varying to white)
--4.
3b. Spikes slender, interrupted, the flowers scattered (corolla white or
pale-blue) --6.
4a. Leaves lanceolate, manifestly petioled (1-2 m. high)
=Vervain, Verbena hastata.=
4b. Leaves sessile, not lanceolate (5-8 dm. high) --5.
5a. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, tapering at the entire base
=Vervain, Verbena angustifolia.=
5b. Leaves oblong to obovate, not tapering at the base
=Vervain, Verbena stricta.=
6a. Leaves incised, tapering to a sessile base (5-10 dm. high)
=Vervain, Verbena, officinalis.=
6b. Leaves serrate, petioled (1-2 m. high)
=Vervain, Verbena urticaefolia.=
SOLANACEAE, the Nightshade Family
Herbs or shrubs, with alternate leaves and regular or slightly irregular
flowers; sepals 5, united; corolla of 5 united petals, bearing the 5
stamens attached; ovary 1, 2-5 (usually 2)-celled, with a slender style.
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