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
8a. Leaves coarsely toothed, unlobed or slightly 3-lobed
=Frost Grape, Vitis cordifolia.=
8b. Leaves sharply toothed, prominently lobed
=Frost Grape, Vitis vulpina.=
TILIACEAE, the Linden Family
Trees, with alternate, simple, palmately veined leaves, and clusters of
fragrant white flowers in late spring arising from the middle of a
leaf-like bract; sepals and petals each 5; stamens numerous, but united
into 5 sets.
One species in Michigan =Basswood, Tilia americana.=
MALVACEAE, the Mallow Family
Herbs with alternate leaves; sepals and petals each 5; stamens numerous,
united by their filaments to form a tube surrounding the styles; ovary
many-celled.
1a. Flowers yellow (summer and autumn) --2.
1b. Flowers pale-yellow, with a dark center (2-4 dm. high; late summer)
=Flower-of-an-hour, Hibiscus trionum.=
1c. Flowers white to red or blue, never yellow --3.
2a. Leaves broadly heart-shape (10-15 dm. tall)
=Velvet Leaf, Abutilon theophrasti.=
2b. Leaves ovate-lanceolate (2-5 dm. tall) =Sida, Sida spinosa.=
3a. Calyx subtended by 6 to many bractlets which are sometimes united at
base (summer) --4.
3b. Calyx subtended by 3 bractlets, or by none --6.
4a. Flowers 2-4 cm. wide (5-10 dm. high; flowers pink)
=Marsh Mallow, Althaea officinalis.=
4b. Flowers 7-15 cm. wide (8-15 dm. high; flowers pink to nearly
white) (Rose Mallow) --5.
5a. Leaves densely pubescent below =Rose Mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.=
5b. Leaves glabrous =Rose Mallow, Hibiscus militaris.=
6a. Petals prominently notched at the end or reverse heart-shape
(Mallow) --7.
6b. Petals obtuse or truncate (summer) --11.
7a. Flowers 1-1.5 cm. wide --8.
7b. Flowers 2-5 cm. wide (3-8 dm. high; flowers in summer) --9.
8a. Stems procumbent, prostrate, or spreading (spring, summer, and
autumn) =Mallow, Malva rotundifolia.=
8b. Stems erect (10-15 dm. high; summer)
=Mallow, Malva verticillata.=
9a. Leaves with prominent but shallow lobes; flowers axillary
=Mallow, Malva sylvestris.=
9b. Leaves deeply lobed or cleft; flowers in the upper axils, producing
a raceme-like cluster --10.
10a. Lobes of the leaf dentate or incised =Mallow, Malva alcea.=
10b. Lobes of the leaf pinnately cleft into linear or narrowly
oblong divisions =Mallow, Malva moschata.=
11a. Flowers white (1-2 m. high) =Virginia Mallow, Sida hermaphrodita.=
11b. Flowers purple or pink (3-5 dm. high, spreading)
=Poppy Mallow, Callirhoe triangulata.=
HYPERICACEAE, the St. John's-wort Family
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