3b. Petal-bearing flowers few, racemose =Frostweed, Helianthemum majus.= 4a. Stem-leaves linear, 4 or more times as long as wide --5. 4b. Stem-leaves oblong or elliptical, about 3 times as long as wide (2-6 dm. tall) --8. 5a. Plant pale with dense appressed pubescence (2-4 dm. high) =Pinweed, Lechea stricta.= 5b. Plant green, pubescence sparse or none --6. 6a. Leaves thread-like, seldom exceeding 1 mm. in width (1-3 dm. tall) =Pinweed, Lechea tenuifolia.= 6b. Leaves 1-5 mm. wide (2-6 dm. high) --7. 7a. Leaves on the basal shoots narrowly lanceolate =Pinweed, Lechea intermedia.= 7b. Leaves on the basal shoots oblong-elliptic, about twice as long as wide =Pinweed, Lechea racemulosa.= 8a. Pubescence of spreading hairs =Pinweed, Lechea villosa.= 8b. Pubescence of appressed hairs =Pinweed, Lechea minor.= VIOLACEAE, the Violet Family Herbs with simple, alternate or basal leaves, and conspicuous irregular flowers with a spur (except in the first species); sepals, petals, and stamens each 5; ovary 1-celled. 1a. Flowers regular or nearly so, greenish-white, axillary; erect plant with leafy stem (3-5 dm. high; spring) =Green Violet, Hybanthus concolor.= 1b. Flowers irregular, blue, yellow, or white, conspicuous (Violet) --2. 2a. Plant stemless, the flowers all on leafless stalks and the leaves all basal (spring or early summer) --3. 2b. Stems leafy (spring and summer) --17. 3a. Petals yellow =Round-leaved Violet, Viola rotundifolia.= 3b. Petals blue, violet, or white --4. 4a. Principal leaves at time of flowering deeply lobed --5. 4b. Leaves oblong, ovate, or triangular, not narrowed to the petiole, and frequently sharply toothed or incised near the base --7. 4c. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, tapering to the base =Violet, Viola lanceolata.= 4d. Leaves heart-shape or kidney-shape, not lobed --8. 5a. Lateral petals bearded --6. 5b. Lateral petals not bearded =Bird-foot Violet, Viola pedata.= 6a. Leaves divided to the base into linear segments =Bird-foot Violet, Viola pedatifida.= 6b. Leaves irregularly divided into broader segments =Hand-leaf Violet, Viola palmata.= 7a. Leaves ovate-oblong, pubescent =Violet, Viola fimbriatula.= 7b. Leaves triangular-lanceolate, usually somewhat dilated at base, nearly or quite glabrous =Violet, Viola sagittata.= 8a. Flowers violet or blue (rarely white-flowered plants are found with the typical blue-flowered ones) (Blue Violets) --9.