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
46b. Stem-leaves sessile or petioled, not clasping, or none --49.
47a. Stem and leaves glabrous or pubescent; pod very flat and circular,
about 10 mm. wide (1-5 dm. tall; early summer)
=Penny Cress, Thlaspi arvense.=
47b. Stem and leaves glabrous or pubescent; pod not more than 5 mm. wide
(1-6 dm. high; spring and early summer) --48.
48a. Pods broadly ovate =Field Cress, Lepidium campestre.=
48b. Pods triangular, or slightly indented at the apex
=Shepherd's Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris.=
49a. Pods about circular, or a very little longer than broad --50.
49b. Pods ovoid or oblong, broadest near the middle, and distinctly
longer than wide (Whitlow Grass) --53.
50a. Leaves entire (1-3 dm. high; flowers in summer)
=Yellow Alyssum, Alyssum alyssoides.=
50b. Leaves serrate (2-6 dm. high; flowers in summer) --51.
51a. Stamens 6 =Garden Cress, Lepidium sativum.=
51b. Stamens 2 (Pepper Grass) --52.
52a. Petals present =Pepper Grass, Lepidium virginicum.=
52b. Petals none =Pepper Grass, Lepidium apetalum.=
53a. Petals deeply 2-cleft (about 1 dm. high; early spring)
=Whitlow Grass, Draba verna.=
53b. Petals entire or barely notched at the tip --54.
54a. Leaves all or chiefly at or near the base (about 1 dm. high;
spring) =Whitlow Grass, Draba caroliniana.=
54b. Stems leafy up to the flowers (1-5 dm. high; summer)
=Whitlow Grass, Draba arabisans.=
55a. Stem-leaves cordate or sagittate at the base and sessile, forming a
more or less clasping leaf (3-10 dm. high) (Rock Cress) --56.
55b. Stem-leaves sessile or somewhat petioled, but not clasping --63.
56a. Seeds in 2 rows in each cavity of the pod (early summer) --57.
56b. Seeds in 1 row in each cavity of the pod --59.
57a. Calyx pubescent; the pods reflexed =Rock Cress, Arabis holboellii.=
57b. Calyx glabrous; the pods spreading or ascending --58.
58a. Basal leaves densely pubescent
=Rock Cress, Arabis brachycarpa.=
58b. Basal leaves smooth or nearly so
=Rock Cress, Arabis drummondii.=
59a. Petals conspicuous, about twice as long as the calyx, or longer;
straight, erect, mostly unbranched plants --60.
59b. Petals inconspicuous, equaling or but little longer than the calyx
--61.
60a. Pods 3-4 cm. long, ascending (summer)
=Rock Cress, Arabis patens.=
60b. Pods 8-10 cm. long, recurved (late spring)
=Rock Cress, Arabis laevigata.=
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