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
7b. Leaves 3-5 times as long as broad, widest above the middle
=Yellow Alyssum, Alyssum alyssoides.=
8a. Leaves lanceolate, gradually tapering to the base; flowers
about 15 mm. wide =Sand Rocket, Diplotaxis muralis.=
8b. Leaves ovate, acute at base; flowers about 15 mm. wide --22a.
8c. Leaves entire or minutely toothed; flowers 5-10 mm. wide --9.
9a. Pods 25 mm. long or less, on slender pedicels about 8 mm. long
=Worm-seed Mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoides.=
9b. Pods 20 mm. long or more, on stout pedicels about 4 mm. long
=Worm-seed Mustard, Erysimum parviflorum.=
10a. Leaves bipinnate or dissected into very numerous divisions
(3-8 dm. high; flowers in summer) --11.
10b. Leaves simply pinnate --13.
11a. Flowers about 5 mm. broad; pods about 20 mm. long by 1 mm. broad
=Herb Sophia, Sisymbrium sophia.=
11b. Flowers about 3 mm. broad; pods about 8 mm. long by 2 mm. wide
(Tansy Mustard) --12.
12a. Stems gray with a close fine pubescence
=Tansy Mustard, Sisymbrium canescens.=
12b. Stems green
=Tansy Mustard, Sisymbrium canescens var. brachycarpon.=
13a. Pod short, not more than 3 times as long as wide (coarse plants,
preferring wet or sandy ground; flowers in summer) (Yellow Cress)
--14.
13b. Pod elongated, more than 4 times as long as wide --17.
14a. Stems creeping, with erect or ascending branches; flowers
about 8 mm. wide =Yellow Cress, Radicula sylvestris.=
14b. Stems erect or ascending (3-10 dm. high); flowers about 4 mm.
wide --15.
15a. Pods about twice as long as the pedicels
=Yellow Cress, Radicula obtusa.=
15b. Pods about as long as the pedicels, or shorter than them --16.
16a. Plant glabrous or minutely pubescent
=Yellow Cress, Radicula palustris.=
16b. Plant hirsute =Yellow Cress, Radicula palustris var. hispida.=
17a. Petals 7 mm. long or more; pod terminating in a conspicuous beak
(coarse, weedy plants, 3-12 dm. high, blooming in summer) --18.
17b. Petals of smaller size; pod not terminating in a conspicuous beak
--24.
18a. Upper stem-leaves clasping at the base
=Rutabaga, Brassica campestris.=
18b. Upper stem-leaves not clasping --19.
19a. Pod tipped with a slender cylindrical beak whose base is much
narrower than the pod --20.
19b. Pod gradually narrowed at its tip into a stout, flattened or angled
beak --22.
20a. Leaves oblanceolate, rather regularly pinnatifid, the terminal
segment about the same size as the lateral ones
=Sand Rocket, Diplotaxis muralis.=
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