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
1a. Leaf-blade about as long as wide =Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia.=
1b. Leaf-blade about 2-3 times as long as wide
=Sundew, Drosera longifolia.=
1c. Leaf-blade about 5-8 times as long as wide
=Sundew, Drosera anglica.=
1d. Leaf-blade narrowly linear, about 10 times as long as wide
=Sundew, Drosera linearis.=
PODOSTEMACEAE, the River Weed Family
Small submerged aquatics, growing attached to stones in running water,
with dissected leaves and minute flowers.
One species in Michigan =River Weed, Podostemum ceratophyllum.=
CRASSULACEAE, the Orpine Family
Herbs, with usually alternate leaves; the sepals, petals, and pistils
each 4 or 5, or in one species the petals none, and the stamens as many
or twice as many as the sepals.
1a. Leaves entire (Stonecrop) --2.
1b. Leaves toothed --3.
2a. Leaves 3-5 mm. long, very thick and fleshy (tufted plants about
1 dm. high, with yellow flowers in summer)
=Stonecrop, Sedum acre.=
2b. Leaves 10-30 mm. long, flat (tufted plants 1-2 dm. high;
flowers white, in spring) =Stonecrop, Sedum ternatum.=
3a. Petals present, purple (2-5 dm. high; summer)
=Live-for-ever, Sedum purpureum.=
3b. Petals none (3-6 dm. high; summer)
=Ditch Stonecrop, Penthorum sedoides.=
SAXIFRAGACEAE, the Saxifrage Family
Herbs or shrubs, with alternate or opposite leaves; petals and sepals
each 5, or the petals none; stamens 5 or 10; styles or stigmas 2-4.
1a. Shrubs with lobed leaves (3-15 dm. high; flowers in late spring)
--2.
1b. Herbs --12.
2a. Stems thorny --3.
2b. Stems not thorny (Currant) --8.
3a. Flowers and fruits in racemes =Swamp Currant, Ribes lacustre.=
3b. Flowers and fruit in short clusters (Gooseberry) --4.
4a. Ovary and fruit prickly and bristly
=Gooseberry, Ribes cynosbati.=
4b. Ovary and fruit smooth, or sometimes a little glandular --5.
5a. Stamens equaling the ovate calyx-lobes in length, or a very little
longer --6.
5b. Stamens distinctly longer than the linear calyx-lobes --7.
6a. Leaves glabrous beneath, or nearly so
=Gooseberry, Ribes oxyacanthoides.=
6b. Leaves softly pubescent beneath
=Gooseberry, Ribes oxyacanthoides var. calcicola.=
7a. Flowers, including the stamens, about 15 mm. long
=Gooseberry, Ribes gracile.=
7b. Flowers, including the stamens, about 8 mm. long
=Gooseberry, Ribes rotundifolium.=
8a. Calyx prolonged above the ovary into a tube which is longer
than the sepals --9.
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