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
17a. Leaves and stem distinctly pubescent
=Ground Cherry, Physalis virginiana.=
17b. Leaves and stem almost glabrous
=Ground Cherry, Physalis subglabrata.=
SCROPHULARIACEAE, the Figwort Family
Herbs with opposite or alternate leaves and usually irregular flowers;
corolla of united petals, bearing the 2 or 4 (or rarely 5) stamens
attached; petals actually 5, but sometimes apparently only 2 or 4; a
sterile fifth stamen sometimes present; ovary superior, 2-celled.
1a. Anther-bearing stamens 5 (6-15 dm. high; flowers in summer)
(Mullein) --2.
1b. Anther-bearing stamens 4; a sterile fifth stamen may or may not be
present --3.
1c. Anther-bearing stamens 2 --37.
2a. Leaves densely white-woolly; flowers yellow, in dense spikes
=Mullein, Verbascum thapsus.=
2b. Leaves smooth or nearly so; flowers yellow or white, in loose
racemes =Moth Mullein, Verbascum blattaria.=
3a. Flowers (not the bracts) greenish-yellow, yellow, or orange --4.
3b. Flowers blue, purple, brown, red, pink, or white, never yellow --16.
4a. Flowers in dense terminal leafy-bracted spikes --5.
4b. Flowers in loose racemes or axillary --9.
5a. Corolla 7 mm. long or less, or none --6.
5b. Corolla 12 mm. long or more --7.
6a. Leaves alternate (3-6 dm. high; early summer)
=Synthyris, Synthyris bullii.=
6b. Leaves opposite (1-2 dm. high; summer)
=Eyebright, Euphrasia arctica.=
7a. Stem-leaves entire (2-6 dm. high; summer)
=Painted Cup, Castilleja pallida var. septentrionalis.=
7b. Stem-leaves palmately lobed, bracteal leaves scarlet (3-6 dm. high;
early summer) =Painted Cup, Castilleja coccinea.=
7c. Stem-leaves pinnately lobed or incised (Lousewort) --8.
8a. Flowers in spring (2-4 dm. high)
=Lousewort, Pedicularis canadensis.=
8b. Flowers in late summer (3-8 dm. high)
=Lousewort, Pedicularis lanceolata.=
9a. Upper lip of the corolla very different in size and shape from the
lower lip --10.
9b. Upper lip of the corolla resembling the lower lip in shape, and not
very different in size (5-12 dm. high; summer) (False Foxglove)
--13.
10a. Leaves alternate (2-5 dm. high; summer)
=Butter-and-eggs, Linaria vulgaris.=
10b. Leaves opposite --11.
11a. Stem erect; leaves narrowed at the base --30b.
11b. Stem creeping or spreading (summer) --12.
12a. Leaves pinnately veined, ovate
=Musk Flower, Mimulus moschatus.=
12b. Leaves palmately veined, circular or nearly so
=Yellow Monkey Flower, Mimulus glabratus var. jamesii.=
13a. Stem glabrous --14.
13b. Stem pubescent --15.
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