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
104b. Heads 10 25-flowered (5-10 dm. high; flowers white, late
summer) =False Boneset, Kuhnia eupatorioides.=
104c. Heads with more than 50 flowers (3-20 dm. high; flowers
white, summer) =Fireweed, Erechtites hieracifolia.=
105a. Leaves entire, with many veins from base to apex
=Indian Plantain, Cacalia tuberosa.=
105b. Leaves sharply serrate =Indian Plantain, Cacalia suaveolens.=
105c. Leaves broadly triangular or kidney-shape, sinuate or entire
=Indian Plantain, Cacalia atriplicifolia.=
106a. Leaves united at the base (5-15 dm. high)
=Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum.=
106b. Leaves sessile but not united at the base (5-15 dm. high)
=Upland Boneset, Eupatorium sessilifolium.=
106c. Leaves petioled (4-12 dm. high)
=White Snakeroot, Eupatorium urticaefolium.=
107a. Inflorescence ovoid or pyramidal
=Joe-Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum.=
107b. Inflorescence depressed or flattened
=Joe-Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum var. maculatum.=
108a. Rays yellow or brown --109.
108b. Rays white to blue or red, never yellow or brown --197.
109a. Principal leaves basal, the stem merely with bract-like scales
--110.
109b. Principal leaves on the stem, opposite or whorled --111.
109c. Principal leaves on the stem, alternate, or with smaller ones
clustered in their axils --132.
110a. Flower-stalk 1-5 dm. high, 1-flowered (spring)
=Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara.=
110b. Flower-stalk 1-3 m. high, several-flowered (summer)
=Prairie Dock, Silphium terebinthinaceum.=
111a. Ray-flowers pistillate (the 2-lobed style protrudes from their
base) --112.
111b. Ray-flowers with neither stamens nor pistil --118.
112a. Principal leaves lobed (summer) (Leafcup) --113.
112b. Principal leaves toothed or entire, not lobed --115.
113a. Rays 10 or more (1-2 m. high) =Leafcup, Polymnia uvedalia.=
113b. Rays 5 (5-15 dm. high) --114.
114a. Rays shorter than the involucre or none
=Leafcup, Polymnia canadensis.=
114b. Rays about 1 cm. long
=Leafcup, Polymnia canadensis var. radiata.=
115a. Stem 6 dm. high or less; pappus of slender hairs (spring)
=Arnica, Arnica cordifolia.=
115b. Stem usually 8-20 dm. high; pappus of short scales or none
(summer) --116.
116a. Leaves united at base into a cup surrounding the stem
=Cup Plant, Silphium perfoliatum.=
116b. Leaves closely sessile with a rounded base
=Rosin Weed, Silphium integrifolium.=
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