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
34a. Heads 2.5 cm. in diameter, or larger --35.
34b. Heads 1-2 cm. in diameter (4-10 dm. high) --37.
35a. Leaves all basal (1-4 dm. high) =Hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella.=
35b. Stem-leaves present (4-15 dm. high) --36.
36a. Leaves rounded at the sessile base
=Hawkweed, Hieracium canadense.=
36b. Leaves narrowed toward the base
=Hawkweed, Hieracium umbellatum.=
37a. A rosette of basal leaves conspicuous at flowering time --38.
37b. No rosette of basal leaves at time of flowering --41.
38a. Leaves glabrous on the upper side --39.
38b. Leaves hairy on the upper side --40.
39a. Stem glabrous, leafless or with one or two leaves
=Hawkweed, Hieracium venosum.=
39b. Stem with several leaves, hairy below
=Hawkweed, Hieracium marianum.=
40a. Leaves with short scattered hairs above
=Hawkweed, Hieracium gronovii.=
40b. Leaves and stem densely covered with very long hairs
=Hawkweed, Hieracium longipilum.=
41a. Leaves glabrous =Hawkweed, Hieracium paniculatum.=
41b. Leaves very hairy =Hawkweed, Hieracium scabrum.=
42a. Bracts of the involucre smooth (5-20 dm. tall; summer and
autumn) (Sow Thistle) --43.
42b. Bracts of the involucre hairy --44.
43a. The clasping leaf-bases acute =Sow Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.=
43b. The clasping leaf-bases rounded =Sow Thistle, Sonchus asper.=
44a. Heads 2.5-5 cm. broad; involucre 2 cm. long (4-10 dm. high)
=Sow Thistle, Sonchus arvensis.=
44b. Heads 1-2 cm. broad; involucre 6-10 mm. long (3-6 dm. high;
summer) =Hawksbeard, Crepis tectorum.=
45a. Leaves or involucre or both spiny (thistles, burdock, etc.) --46.
45b. Neither leaves nor involucre spiny --60.
46a. Leaves 1-4 dm. broad, not spiny (flowers purple or white;
summer) (Burdock) --47.
46b. Leaves narrower, not spiny --48.
47a. Diameter of involucre at flowering time 3-5 cm. (1-3 m. high)
=Burdock, Arctium lappa.=
47b. Diameter of involucre at flowering time 1.5-3 cm. (5-15 dm. high)
=Burdock, Arctium minus.=
48a. Each head 1-flowered; heads aggregated in a globular
head-like cluster (1-2 m. high; flowers blue or white, summer)
=Globe Thistle, Echinops sphaerocephalus.=
48b. Each head many-flowered --49.
49a. Principal involucral bracts with stout spreading spines 2-4 cm.
long (5-15 dm. high; flowers purple, summer)
=Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum.=
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