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
20b. Leaves broad, irregularly pinnatifid especially below the
middle, with a large terminal segment --21.
21a. Beak of pod 3-4 mm. long =Black Mustard, Brassica nigra.=
21b. Beak of pod 5 mm. long or more =Indian Mustard, Brassica juncea.=
22a. Leaves dentate or lobed =Charlock, Brassica arvensis.=
22b. Leaves deeply pinnatifid --23.
23a. Pod dehiscent when ripe by two valves, tipped with a flat or angled
beak =White Mustard, Brassica alba.=
23b. Pod indehiscent, with spongy cross-partitions between the seeds,
tipped with a conical beak =Wild Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum.=
24a. Terminal segment of the principal leaves much larger than the
lateral segments; flowers in spring and summer --25.
24b. Terminal segment of the principal leaves equaling or smaller
than the lateral ones (5-10 dm. high; pods very long and
slender; flowers in summer)
=Sisymbrium, Sisymbrium altissimum.=
25a. Flowers about 3 mm. wide; pods erect and closely appressed to the
stem (3-9 dm. high; weed blooming in summer) (Hedge Mustard) --26.
25b. Flowers about 7 mm. wide; pods spreading or ascending (3-6 dm.
high; flowers in spring) (Winter Cress) --27.
26a. Pods pubescent =Hedge Mustard, Sisymbrium officinale.=
26b. Pods glabrous
=Hedge Mustard, Sisymbrium officinale var. leiocarpum.=
27a. Lateral leaf-segments 5-8 pairs on the principal leaves
=Winter Cress, Barbarea verna.=
27b. Lateral leaf-segments 1-4 pairs on the principal leaves --28.
28a. Flowers bright yellow, in racemes; pods spreading or ascending
=Winter Cress, Barbarea vulgaris.=
28b. Flowers pale yellow, in corymb-like clusters; pods erect and
somewhat appressed =Winter Cress, Barbarea stricta.=
29a. Principal stem-leaves compound or deeply lobed (the uppermost or
bracteal leaves may be simple) --30.
29b. Principal stem-leaves entire, dentate, serrate, or sometimes
shallowly lobed or none (the basal leaves, at the surface of the
ground, may be deeply lobed or compound) --42.
30a. Leaves ternately divided or compound (2-5 dm. high; flowers in
spring) (Toothwort) --31.
30b. Leaves pinnately divided or compound --33.
31a. Leaf-segments lanceolate or narrowly oblong
=Toothwort, Dentaria laciniata.=
31b. Leaf-segments ovate or ovate-oblong --32.
32a. Stem-leaves 2, opposite or nearly opposite
=Toothwort, Dentaria diphylla.=
32b. Stem-leaves 2-5, alternate
=Toothwort, Dentaria maxima.=
33a. Plants growing in water, or in mud near water (spring and summer)
--34.
33b. Plants of dry or moist soil --35.
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