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
3b. Leaves whorled; flowers white (1-5 dm. high; leaves linear; summer)
=Spurrey, Spergula arvensis.=
4a. Leaves subulate or thread-like --5.
4b. Leaves linear to ovate --7.
5a. Leaves opposite (1 dm. high or less; flowers white, summer)
=Pearlwort, Sagina procumbens.=
5b. Leaves fascicled in the axils --6.
6a. Styles 4 or 5 (1 dm. high; terminal white flowers 5 mm. wide,
in summer) =Pearlwort, Sagina nodosa.=
6b. Styles 3 (1-4 dm. high; flowers white, nearly 1 cm. wide,
summer) =Stitchwort, Arenaria stricta.=
7a. Petals entire (3 dm. high or less; flowers white, in summer)
(Stitchwort) --8.
7b. Petals notched or 2-cleft at the end, or none --11.
8a. Principal leaves 1 cm. long or less --9.
8b. Principal leaves 1.5 cm. long or more --10.
9a. Petals half as long as the sepals
=Stitchwort, Arenaria leptoclados.=
9b. Petals almost as long as the sepals
=Stitchwort, Arenaria serpyllifolia.=
10a. Leaves oblong-oval, obtuse. =Stitchwort, Arenaria lateriflora.=
10b. Leaves lanceolate, acute. =Stitchwort, Arenaria macrophylla.=
11a. Capsule splitting by valves at maturity; styles usually 3
(Chickweed) --12.
11b. Capsule opening by terminal teeth at maturity; styles usually 5
(tufted or matted plants, 1-5 dm. high; flowers white, in spring
and summer) (Mouse-ear Chickweed) --18.
12a. Petals distinctly shorter than the sepals, or none --13.
12b. Petals as long as the sepals, or longer --15.
13a. Leaves ovate (1-3 dm. high; flowers white, all summer)
=Chickweed, Stellaria media.=
13b. Leaves lanceolate to oblong (in water or wet places, 1-4 dm. high;
flowers white, in summer) --14.
14a. Flowers in a leafy terminal branching cluster
=Chickweed, Stellaria borealis.=
14b. Flowers in a lateral cluster with minute bracts
=Chickweed, Stellaria uliginosa.=
15a. Flowers in clusters with leaf-like bracts, or axillary and solitary
(in water or wet places; 1-3 dm. high; flowers white, summer)
=Chickweed, Stellaria crassifolia.=
15b. Flowers in clusters with scale-like bracts --16.
16a. Leaves distinctly linear; cymes lateral; a common species in
marshes (2-5 dm. high; flowers white, early summer)
=Chickweed, Stellaria longifolia.=
16b. Leaves distinctly broadest near the base; flower-cluster
terminal --17.
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