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
14a. Principal stem-leaves pinnatifid
=False Foxglove, Gerardia virginica.=
14b. Principal stem-leaves entire
=False Foxglove, Gerardia laevigata.=
15a. Corolla hairy on the outside
=False Foxglove, Gerardia pedicularia.=
15b. Corolla smooth on the outside =False Foxglove, Gerardia flava.=
16a. Leaves all basal; flowers on leafless stalks (1 dm. high or
less; flowers pink or white, summer)
=Mudwort, Limosella aquatica var. tenuifolia.=
16b. Leaves opposite (those subtending the flowers may be
alternate) --20.
16c. Leaves alternate or irregularly scattered --17.
17a. Leaves entire --18.
17b. Leaves pinnately lobed or incised --8a.
17c. Leaves palmately veined and lobed; stem trailing (flowers blue,
summer) =Kenilworth Ivy, Linaria cymbalaria.=
18a. Corolla-tube less than 1 cm. long, spurred --19.
18b. Corolla more than 2 cm. long, not spurred (3-8 dm. high;
flowers red-purple, summer) =Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus.=
19a. Stem and foliage pubescent (1-3 dm. high; flowers blue, summer)
=Small Snapdragon, Linaria minor.=
19b. Stem and foliage glabrous (2-6 dm. high; flowers blue, summer)
=Toad-flax, Linaria canadensis.=
20a. Leaves with 1 or 2 lobes near the base (3-5 dm. high; flowers
purple, summer) =Gerardia, Gerardia auriculata.=
20b. Leaves linear (2-6 dm. high; flowers rose-purple, summer and
autumn) (Gerardia) --21.
20c. Leaves lanceolate or broader, not lobed --26.
21a. Pedicels equaling or but little longer than the calyx, and
conspicuously shorter than the subtending leaf --22.
21b. Pedicels much longer than the calyx, and generally equaling or
exceeding the subtending leaf --24.
22a. Plants of moist ground, bogs, and shores --23.
22b. Plants of dry uplands =Gerardia, Gerardia aspera.=
23a. Corolla about 25 mm. long =Gerardia, Gerardia purpurea.=
23b. Corolla less than 20 mm. long =Gerardia, Gerardia paupercula.=
24a. Stem rough on the angles --25.
24b. Stem glabrous =Gerardia, Gerardia tenuifolia.=
25a. Leaves 2-5 mm. wide
=Gerardia, Gerardia tenuifolia var. macrophylla.=
25b. Leaves thread-like, 1 mm. wide or less
=Gerardia, Gerardia skinneriana.=
26a. Corolla 16 mm. long, or shorter --27.
26b. Corolla 20 mm. long, or longer --32.
27a. Corolla dull-purple, brown, or greenish; one sterile stamen present
(1-2.5 m. high; flowers in summer) (Figwort) --28.
27b. Corolla blue or white (1-4 dm. high) --29.
28a. Sterile stamen purple =Figwort, Scrophularia marilandica.=
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