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
4a. Leaf-bases broadly connate and 2-5 cm. wide
=Feverwort, Triosteum perfoliatum.=
4b. Leaf-bases narrowly connate, not over 1 cm. wide
=Feverwort, Triosteum aurantiacum.=
5a. Climbing vines (spring and early summer) (Honeysuckle) --6.
5b. Erect or spreading shrubs or small trees --11.
6a. Flowers in 2-flowered axillary clusters (flowers white or pink)
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica.=
6b. Flowers in terminal clusters --7.
7a. Leaves distinctly pubescent beneath (flowers yellow) --8.
7b. Leaves glabrous beneath, or very minutely puberulent --9.
8a. Leaves pubescent above =Honeysuckle, Lonicera hirsuta.=
8b. Leaves glabrous above =Honeysuckle, Lonicera glaucescens.=
9a. Corolla purple on the outside, glabrous within
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium.=
9b. Corolla yellow on the outside (or slightly tinged with purple),
pubescent within --10.
10a. Corolla-tube 6-8 mm. long =Honeysuckle, Lonicera dioica.=
10b. Corolla-tube 11-14 mm. long
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera sullivantii.=
11a. Corolla tubular at base; style long and slender --12.
11b. Corolla rotate or somewhat bell-shape, style very short (flowers
white, late spring or early summer) --22.
12a. Flowers yellow or yellowish (spring and early summer) --13.
12b. Flowers white, pink, or red --18.
13a. Leaves serrate (5-10 dm. tall)
=Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera.=
13b. Leaves entire; flowers in pairs (Honeysuckle) --14.
14a. Each pair of flowers subtended by 2 broad leaf-like bracts
(1-3 m. high) =Honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata.=
14b. Bracts at the base of each pair of flowers linear or narrowly
lanceolate --15.
15a. Native species of woods and bogs --16.
15b. Introduced species, growing mostly near dwellings; leaves very
pubescent beneath =Honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum.=
16a. Peduncles 15 mm. long or more (1-4 m. high) --17.
16b. Peduncles about 5 mm. long (1 m. high, or less)
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera coerulea var. villosa.=
17a. Leaves ciliate =Honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis.=
17b. Leaves not ciliate =Honeysuckle, Lonicera oblongifolia.=
18a. Corolla irregular, over 1 cm. long (1-4 m. high; spring)
=Honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica.=
18b. Corolla regular, less than 1 cm. long (5-15 dm. high; flowers
white or pink, in axillary clusters, early summer) --19.
19a. Flowers in axillary spikes
=Wolfberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis.=
19b. Flowers almost sessile in the axils --20.
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