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
172b. Native biennial in moist ground (3-8 dm. high; summer)
=Squaw Weed, Senecio discoideus.=
173a. Leaves 2-5 cm. long, sharply spinulose-serrate; involucre viscid
(3-6 dm. high; summer) =Gum Plant, Grindelia squarrosa.=
173b. Leaves 5-12 cm. long, merely serrate; involucre gray-pubescent
(5-15 dm. high; late summer) =Sneeze Weed, Helenium autumnale.=
174a. Disk hemispherical or oblong-cylindrical (Summer) --175.
174b. Disk flat or somewhat convex (Sunflower) (summer and autumn)
--179.
175a. Disk yellow or greenish-yellow (1-3 dm. high) --176.
175b. Disk gray-brown or purple (5-15 dm. high) --177.
176a. Principal stem-leaves pinnately divided
=Golden Glow, Rudbeckia laciniata.=
176b. Principal stem-leaves merely serrate
=Yellow Ironweed, Actinomeris alternifolia.=
177a. Rays drooping; leaves pinnately divided
=Gray-headed Coneflower, Lepachys pinnata.=
177b. Rays spreading when in bloom --178.
178a. Lower leaves deeply 3-lobed
=Coneflower, Rudbeckia triloba.=
178b. Stem-leaves sharply serrate
=Coneflower, Rudbeckia speciosa var. sullivantii.=
178c. Stem-leaves entire or sparingly serrate
=Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta.=
179a. Disk-flowers brown or purple --180.
179b. Disk-flowers yellow --182.
180a. Stem-leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate; petioles prominent,
not winged --181.
180b. Stem-leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, contracted at the base
into a winged petiole (6-15 dm. high)
=Sunflower, Helianthus atrorubens.=
180c. Stem-leaves oblong-lanceolate, very thick and rigid,
gradually narrowed to a sessile or short-petioled base
(5-20 dm. high) =Sunflower, Helianthus scaberrimus.=
181a. Disk less than 2 cm. wide (3-10 dm. high)
=Sunflower, Helianthus petiolaris.=
181b. Disk more than 2.5 cm. wide (1-3 m. high)
=Sunflower, Helianthus annuus.=
182a. Leaves all or chiefly at the base (5-10 dm. high)
=Sunflower, Helianthus occidentalis.=
182b. Leaves chiefly scattered on the stem --183.
183a. Leaves mainly or all alternate, and not definitely
3-ribbed (1-4 m. high) --184.
183b. Leaves mainly or all opposite, lanceolate to ovate, and 3-ribbed
--186.
184a. Stem glabrous =Sunflower, Helianthus grosse-serratus.=
184b. Stem hairy or rough --185.
185a. Leaves hairy beneath, rough above, lanceolate
=Sunflower, Helianthus giganteus.=
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