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
185b. Leaves rough on both sides, elongated
=Sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani.=
186a. Leaves sessile (5-15 dm. high) --187.
186b. Leaves petioled, or narrowed at the base into a petiole (5-30
dm. high) --189.
187a. Leaves wedge-shape at the base
=Sunflower, Helianthus doronicoides.=
187b. Leaves rounded at the base --188.
188a. Stem glabrous or nearly so
=Sunflower, Helianthus divaricatus.=
188b. Stem densely and softly hirsute
=Sunflower, Helianthus mollis.=
189a. Stems rough, pubescent, or hispid --190.
189b. Stems glabrous or nearly so --193.
190a. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, more than 5 times as long as wide
=Sunflower, Helianthus giganteus var. subtuberosus.=
190b. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, not more than 4 times as long as
wide --191.
191a. Leaves rounded at base, above the petiole
=Sunflower, Helianthus hirsutus.=
191b. Leaves narrowed to the base --192.
192a. Bracts of the involucre spreading
=Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus.=
192b. Bracts all appressed =Sunflower, Helianthus laetiflorus.=
193a. Heads 3 cm. wide or less, including the rays
=Sunflower, Helianthus microcephalus.=
193b. Heads 4 cm. wide or more, including the rays --194.
194a. Leaves narrowed at the base into a winged petiole --195.
194b. Petiole slender, not winged
=Sunflower, Helianthus decapetalus.=
195a. Leaves green on both sides; bracts longer than the disk
=Sunflower, Helianthus tracheliifolius.=
195b. Leaves paler below than above; bracts not longer than the disk
--196.
196a. Leaves minutely pubescent beneath
=Sunflower, Helianthus strumosus.=
196b. Leaves conspicuously downy beneath
=Sunflower, Helianthus strumosus var. mollis.=
197a. Leaves all basal, the flowers on scaly stalks (2-8 dm. high;
flowers whitish, in spring) =Coltsfoot, Petasites palmata.=
197b. Stem-leaves present, opposite --198.
197c. Stem-leaves present, alternate --200.
198a. Leaves ovate, dentate, 2-6 cm. long (2-8 dm. high; summer)
(Galinsoga) --199.
198b. Leaves lobed, 10-25 cm. long --113b.
199a. Pubescence sparse, appressed =Galinsoga, Galinsoga parviflora.=
199b. Pubescence abundant, spreading
=Galinsoga, Galinsoga parviflora var. hispida.=
200a. Leaves dissected or deeply lobed or pinnatifid; pappus never
capillary; rays white to pink (3-10 dm. high; summer and
autumn) --201.
200b. Leaves entire or serrate --206.
201a. Heads 4-8 mm. wide (Yarrow) --202.
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