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
51a. Leaflets 5 =Five-finger, Potentilla canadensis.=
51b. Leaflets 7-25 =Silver Weed, Potentilla anserina.=
52a. Principal leaflets more than 3 times (about 3-1/2) as long as
wide =Agrimony, Agrimonia parviflora.=
52b. Principal leaflets less than 3 times (about 2-1/2) as long as
wide --53.
53a. Leaves nearly glabrous beneath, or with scattered spreading hairs
=Agrimony, Agrimonia gryposepala.=
53b. Leaves softly pubescent beneath --54.
54a. Leaves distinctly glandular beneath
=Agrimony, Agrimonia striata.=
54b. Leaves not glandular beneath =Agrimony, Agrimonia mollis.=
55a. Principal leaves palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets (Cinquefoil)
--56.
55b. Principal stem-leaves with 3 leaflets, or pinnately compound with
several leaflets --58.
56a. Leaves silvery-white beneath, laciniately toothed (1-4 dm.
high; late spring and summer)
=Silvery Cinquefoil, Potentilla argentea.=
56b. Leaves not silvery-white beneath (3-10 dm. high; summer)
--57.
57a. Terminal leaflet more than 3 times as long as wide
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta.=
57b. Terminal leaflet less than 3 times as long as wide
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla intermedia=
58a. Flowers about 4 mm. wide (2-6 dm. high; spring)
=Spring Avens, Geum vernum.=
58b. Flowers 6 mm. wide, or wider --59.
59a. Principal leaves with lobed leaflets, of which the terminal is the
largest; leaf-axis bearing also some small leaflets between those
of usual size (4-12 dm. high; late spring and summer) (Avens) --60.
59b. Principal leaves with toothed or pinnately cleft leaflets, the
lateral ones about equaling the terminal one in size, and without
any small scattered leaflets (3-8 dm. tall; summer) (Cinquefoil)
--61.
60a. Terminal leaflet cordate at base =Avens, Geum macrophyllum.=
60b. Terminal leaflet wedge-shape or acute at base
=Avens, Geum strictum.=
61a. Leaflets 3 =Cinquefoil, Potentilla monspeliensis.=
61b. Leaflets 5-15 --62.
62a. Leaflets crenate =Cinquefoil, Potentilla paradoxa.=
62b. Leaflets deeply incised
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla pennsylvanica.=
63a. Leaves all basal, the flowers on leafless stalks --64.
63b. Stem-leaves present --66.
64a. Leaves simple (1-2 dm. high; summer)
=Dalibarda, Dalibarda repens.=
64b. Leaves trifoliate (1-2 dm. high; spring) (Strawberry) --65.
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