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
28b. Leaves acuminate; petals acute, purple-striped at base
=Painted Trillium, Trillium undulatum.=
29a. Leaves sessile (3-6 dm. high; flowers yellow, spring)
=Bellwort, Oakesia sessilifolia.=
29b. Leaves perfoliate (4-6 dm. high; flowers yellow, in spring) --30.
30a. Leaves minutely pubescent beneath
=Bellwort, Uvularia grandiflora.=
30b. Leaves glabrous and all glaucous
=Bellwort, Uvularia perfoliata.=
31a. Stem bearing 2 whorls of 3-9 leaves (3-6 dm. high; flowers pale
yellow, early summer) =Indian Cucumber-root, Medeola virginiana.=
31b. Stem-leaves not whorled, or all leaves basal --32.
32a. Flowers in umbels --33.
32b. Flowers in racemes or panicles --38.
33a. Plant with the odor of onions or garlic (leaves all or chiefly
basal; flower-stalks 2-8 dm. high, late spring or summer) --34.
33b. Plant not with the odor of onions (leaves basal; flower-stalks 2-3
dm. high, with an umbel of 3-6 greenish-yellow flowers in late
spring) =Clintonia, Clintonia borealis.=
34a. Leaves oblong, 2-5 cm. wide, not present when the plants are
in bloom (greenish-white flowers)
=Wild Leek, Allium tricoccum.=
34b. Leaves linear, present with the flowers --35.
35a. Umbel nodding or horizontal (petals rose-color)
=Wild Onion, Allium cernuum.=
35b. Umbel erect --36.
36a. Pedicels longer than the flowers --37.
36b. Pedicels equaling or shorter than the flowers (petals
rose-purple)
=Wild Chives, Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum.=
37a. Leaves flattened; flowers pink to white
=Wild Onion, Allium canadense.=
37b. Leaves cylindrical; flowers greenish to purple
=Field Garlic, Allium vineale.=
38a. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, not more than 8 times as long as
broad --39.
38b. Leaves linear or grass-like, at least 12 times as long as
broad --45.
39a. Principal leaves all basal, stem-leaves none or bract-like --40.
39b. Principal leaves on the stem --41.
40a. Flowers in a spike-like raceme (4-10 dm. high; small white
flowers in summer) =Colic-root, Aletris farinosa.=
40b. Flowers in an umbel-like cluster --34b.
41a. Perianth-segments 4 (1-2 dm. high; flowers white, early summer)
=Wild Lily of the Valley, Maianthemum canadense.=
41b. Perianth-segments 6 --42.
42a. Styles 3; flowers dioecious (3-10 dm. high; flowers white,
early summer) =Blazing Star, Chamaelirium luteum.=
42b. Style 1; flowers perfect, white, in spring (False Solomon's
Seal) --43.
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