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
34a. Aerial leaves distinctly compound, with 3-11 leaflets
=Water Cress, Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum.=
34b. Aerial leaves merely serrate to pinnatifid; the submerged
leaves, if present, dissected
=Lake Cress, Radicula aquatica.=
35a. Flowers 5 mm. broad, or less --36.
35b. Flowers 6 mm. broad, or more --39.
36a. Stem-leaves irregularly pinnatifid or lobed; pod about as
broad as long (2-4 dm. high; flowers in summer)
=Garden Cress, Lepidium sativum.=
36b. Stem-leaves distinctly pinnatifid, with 3-6 pairs of lateral
segments (spring) (Bitter Cress) --37.
37a. Leaves chiefly basal, pubescent on the upper side (1-3 dm. tall)
=Bitter Cress, Cardamine hirsuta.=
37b. Stem-leaves conspicuous, glabrous on the upper side --38.
38a. Plant of dry soil; flowers about 3 mm. wide (1-4 dm. high)
=Bitter Cress, Cardamine parviflora.=
38b. Plant of moist or wet soil; flowers about 5 mm. wide (2-8 dm.
high) =Bitter Cress, Cardamine pennsylvanica.=
39a. Leaves irregularly pinnatifid or lobed, not segmented into
definitely paired divisions (coarse plants 4-8 dm. high; flowers
in summer) --40.
39b. Leaves deeply segmented into 3-10 pairs of divisions --41.
40a. Flowers pink or white from the first
=Radish, Raphanus sativus.=
40b. Flowers yellow at first, turning white with age
=Wild Radish, Raphanus raphanistrum.=
41a. Flowers pink or white, appearing in spring (2-5 dm. high)
=Cuckoo Flower, Cardamine pratensis.=
41b. Flowers yellowish or cream-color; a weed blooming in summer (5-10
dm. high) =Sisymbrium, Sisymbrium altissimum.=
42a. A fleshy, much-branched plant of the shores of the Great
Lakes, with a pod transversely divided into two joints
(2-3 dm. high; summer) =Sea Rocket, Cakile edentula.=
42b. Pod not transversely divided into two joints --43.
43a. Pod short, its length not more than 3 times its diameter --44.
43b. Pod long and slender, its length more than 3 times its diameter
--55.
44a. Pods not conspicuously flattened, thick and plump, about
circular in cross-section (flowers in summer) --45.
44b. Pods distinctly flat --46.
45a. A plant escaped from cultivation in dry or moist soil, with very
large basal leaves (5-10 dm. high)
=Horse Radish, Radicula armoracia.=
45b. A plant of water or very wet soil, the largest leaves seldom more
than 15 cm. long (1-5 dm. tall) =Lake Cress, Radicula aquatica.=
46a. Stem-leaves clasping the stem by an auricled base --47.
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