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
28b. Sterile stamen yellow =Figwort, Scrophularia leporella.=
29a. Flowers nearly or quite sessile (summer) --30.
29b. Flowers on pedicels 10 mm. long or more (spring) --31.
30a. Foliage-leaves prominently toothed --6b.
30b. Foliage-leaves entire, or with 1 or 2 small teeth at the base
=Cow Wheat, Melampyrum lineare.=
31a. Corolla more than 10 mm. long, blue and white
=Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia verna.=
31b. Corolla 5-8 mm. long, blue and white
=Collinsia, Collinsia parviflora.=
32a. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper foliage-leaves (4-8
dm. high; flowers blue, in summer) (Monkey Flower) --33.
32b. Flowers in dense terminal or subterminal spikes (3-9 dm. high;
summer) --34.
32c. Flowers in loose terminal panicles (flowers white or
pale-violet) (Beard-tongue) --35.
33a. Leaves clasping at the base =Monkey Flower, Mimulus ringens.=
33b. Leaves petioled, not clasping =Monkey Flower, Mimulus alatus.=
34a. Stem and foliage glabrous (flowers white)
=Turtlehead, Chelone glabra.=
34b. Stem and foliage pubescent (flowers purple)
=Blue Hearts, Buchnera americana.=
35a. Stem finely pubescent (3-6 dm. high; flowers pale-violet, late
spring) =Beard-tongue, Pentstemon hirsutus.=
35b. Stem glabrous below the inflorescence (6-12 dm. high) --36.
36a. Corolla-tube gradually enlarged from base to tip (flowers
pale-violet, in early summer)
=Beard-tongue, Pentstemon laevigatus.=
36b. Corolla-tube abruptly enlarged just beyond the calyx (flowers
white, early summer)
=Beard-tongue, Pentstemon laevigatus var. digitalis.=
37a. Corolla distinctly irregular, 2-lipped (1-4 dm. high; flowers
yellowish or white, summer) --38.
37b. Corolla regular or nearly so and 2-lobed, or none --6a.
37c. Corolla regular or nearly so, 4-lobed --40.
38a. Leaves narrowed at the base, with mid-vein
=Hedge Hyssop, Gratiola virginiana.=
38b. Leaves rounded or somewhat clasping at the base, with 3-5
principal veins (False Pimpernel) --39.
39a. Peduncles longer than the subtending leaves
=False Pimpernel, Ilysanthes anagallidea.=
39b. Peduncles shorter than the subtending leaves
=False Pimpernel, Ilysanthes dubia.=
40a. Leaves whorled (8-20 dm. high; flowers white or pale-blue, in
spikes, summer) =Culver's Root, Veronica virginica.=
40b. Leaves alternate or opposite (Speedwell) --41.
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