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
2b. Leaves palmately divided into cuneate lobes
=Crane's-bill, Geranium pusillum.=
3a. Leaves ternately divided, the lobes pinnatifid (2-4 dm. high;
flowers purple, late spring and summer)
=Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum.=
3b. Leaves palmately 3-11-lobed --4.
4a. Petals 12 mm. long or more (3-6 dm. high; flowers pale purple,
spring) =Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum.=
4b. Petals less than 10 mm. long (Crane's-bill) --5.
5a. Seed-bearing portion of the pistil smooth, glabrous or nearly so
(low spreading plant; flowers purple, late spring and summer)
=Crane's-bill, Geranium columbinum.=
5b. Seed-bearing portion of the pistil transversely wrinkled (widely
branching. 1-3 dm. tall; flowers purple, summer)
=Crane's-bill, Geranium molle.=
5c. Seed-bearing portion of the pistil pubescent (widely branching. 1-5
dm. tall) --6.
6a. Leaves divided almost to the base (flowers pinkish or white,
spring and summer) --7.
6b. Leaves divided one-half to two-thirds the way to the base
(flowers purple, summer)
=Crane's-bill, Geranium rotundifolium.=
7a. Petals white or pale pink; flowers in compact clusters
=Crane's-bill, Geranium carolinianum.=
7b. Petals pink-purple; flowers in loose clusters
=Crane's-bill, Geranium bicknellii.=
RUTACEAE, the Rue Family
Shrubs or low trees, with compound leaves frequently dotted with
translucent glands; flowers small, greenish-white, with 3-5 sepals,
petals, and stamens.
1a. Leaflets 5-9; stems thorny =Prickly Ash, Zanthoxylum americanum.=
1b. Leaflets 3; stems not thorny =Hop Tree, Ptelea trifoliata.=
SIMARUBACEAE, the Quassia Family
Trees, with pinnately compound leaves and small greenish-yellow flowers
in large panicles in early summer, ripening into winged fruits.
One species in Michigan, escaped from cultivation chiefly in towns
=Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus glandulosa.=
POLYGALACEAE, the Milkwort Family
Small herbs, with alternate or whorled simple leaves, and small
irregular flowers; sepals 5, petals 3, stamens 6 or 8, more or less
united with each other and with the petals.
1a. All of the leaves alternate --2.
1b. Some or all of the leaves in whorls (1-4 dm. high; flowers greenish,
purple, or white; summer) (Milkwort) --6.
2a. Flowers few, loosely clustered, 15-20 mm. long (1-3 dm. high;
flowers purple; early summer)
=Flowering Wintergreen, Polygala paucifolia.=
2b. Flowers numerous, in a spike or raceme --3.
3a. Stem-leaves minute, linear-subulate; stem slender, erect, 3-7 dm.
high (flowers pink; summer) =Milkwort, Polygala incarnata.=
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