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
116c. Leaves tapering to a short petiole; principal leaves whorled
=Rosin Weed, Silphium trifoliatum.=
116d. Leaves abruptly rounded at the sessile base, all opposite
(Ox-eye) --117.
117a. Leaves smooth =Ox-eye, Heliopsis helianthoides.=
117b. Leaves rough =Ox-eye, Heliopsis scabra.=
118a. Principal stem-leaves lobed or divided --119.
118b. Principal stem-leaves entire or serrate --127.
119a. Submerged aquatic; leaf-segments filiform
=Water Marigold, Bidens beckii.=
119b. Terrestrial plants; leaves merely 3-lobed (3-8 dm. high; late
spring and summer) (Tickseed) --120.
119c. Terrestrial plants; leaves compound or dissected (summer and
autumn) --121.
120a. Leaf-lobes linear-oblong, all about equal
=Tickseed, Coreopsis palmata.=
120b. Lateral leaf-lobes very much smaller than the terminal
=Tickseed, Coreopsis lanceolata.=
121a. Leaf-segments entire (Tickseed) --122.
121b. Leaf-segments serrate (5-15 dm. high) (Tickseed Sunflower) --124.
122a. Leaf-segments numerous, linear or nearly so (4-10 dm. high)
--123.
122b. Leaf-segments 3-5, lanceolate (1-3 m. high)
=Tickseed, Coreopsis tripteris.=
123a. Rays yellow throughout =Tickseed, Coreopsis verticillata.=
123b. Rays brown, at least at the base =Tickseed, Coreopsis tinctoria.=
124a. Achenes wedge-shape, the inner ones less than 2 mm. wide
--125.
124b. Achenes obovate, the inner ones more than 2 mm. wide
=Tickseed Sunflower, Bidens aristosa.=
125a. Leaf-lobes lanceolate =Tickseed Sunflower, Bidens trichosperma.=
125b. Leaf-lobes linear
=Tickseed Sunflower, Bidens trichosperma var. tenuiloba.=
126a. Outer leaf-like bracts 10-16; achenes brown
=Beggar Ticks, Bidens vulgata.=
126b. Outer leaf-like bracts 5-8; achenes black
=Beggar Ticks, Bidens frondosa.=
126c. Outer leaf-like bracts about 4
=Beggar Ticks, Bidens discoidea.=
127a. Bracts of the involucre all essentially alike in form and texture
(flowers in summer and autumn) (Sunflower) --179.
127b. Bracts of the involucre in two distinct sets, differing in form or
consistency or both --128.
128a. Leaves entire (3-8 dm. high; late spring and summer) --120b.
128b. Leaves serrate (late summer and autumn) (Bur Marigold) --129.
129a. Rays large and conspicuous, 2-3 cm. long (3-10 dm. high)
=Bur Marigold, Bidens laevis.=
129b. Rays 1 cm. long or less --130.
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