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
34b. Stem 3-flowered; sepals usually red
=Anemone, Anemone multifida.=
35a. Achenes densely woolly; flowers appearing in summer --36.
35b. Achenes merely pubescent; stems 1-flowered; woodland species
blooming in early spring (1-2 dm. high; flowers white)
=Wood Anemone, Anemone quinquefolia.=
36a. Segments of the leaf broadly wedge-shape or ovate; flowers
white (4-8 dm. high) --37.
36b. Segments of the leaf linear-oblong; flower red, greenish, or
white; plants growing on the shores of the Great Lakes
=Anemone, Anemone multifida.=
37a. Segments of the basal leaves wedge-lanceolate; head of fruit
cylindric =Anemone, Anemone cylindrica.=
37b. Segments of the basal leaves ovate-lanceolate; head of fruit ovoid
or oblong =Anemone, Anemone virginiana.=
38a. Stem-leaves present --9b.
38b. Leaves all basal (1-2 dm. high; leaves 3-divided; flowers
white, in early summer) =Gold-thread, Coptis trifolia.=
39a. Flowers numerous, in branching panicles (Meadow Rue) --40.
39b. Flowers numerous, in racemes --43.
39c. Flowers solitary or few, in loose clusters; woodland plants
blooming in early spring (1-3 dm. high; flowers white to purple)
--45.
40a. Blooming in spring; stem-leaves with obvious petioles (3-7 dm.
high; flowers white or greenish)
=Meadow Rue, Thalictrum dioicum.=
40b. Blooming in late spring or summer, stem-leaves sessile or
nearly so (8-15 dm. high; flowers white) --41.
41a. Filaments club-shape, approximately as wide as the anther
=Meadow Rue, Thalictrum polygamum.=
41b. Filaments slender or thread-like --42.
42a. Leaves minutely pubescent beneath, but not glandular
=Meadow Rue, Thalictrum dasycarpum.=
42b. Leaves minutely glandular beneath
=Meadow Rue, Thalictrum revolutum.=
43a. Racemes slender, 10-90 cm. long (8-15 dm. high; flowers white, in
summer) =Bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa.=
43b. Racemes short and stout, 3-8 cm. long (4-8 dm. high; flowers white,
in late spring) (Baneberry) --44.
44a. Berries white; pedicels strongly thickened at maturity
=Baneberry, Actaea alba.=
44b. Berries red; pedicels slender =Baneberry, Actaea rubra.=
45a. Flowers white; stem-leaves alternate
=Isopyrum, Isopyrum biternatum.=
45b. Flowers white to pink or purplish; stem-leaves whorled
=Rue Anemone, Anemonella thalictroides.=
MAGNOLIACEAE, the Magnolia Family
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