Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers

sepals three to six. _Polygonaceae_ 86 d. Stipules absent; sepals mostly five. _Chenopodiaceae_ 96 a. Ovary inferior or appearing so by the closely fitting calyx. b. Ovary six-celled; stamens six to twelve. _Aristolochiaceae_ 84 b. Ovary one-celled; stamens three to five. c. L...

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1. d. Stipules if present sheathing the stem;

sepals three to six. _Polygonaceae_ 86 d. Stipules absent; sepals mostly five. _Chenopodiaceae_ 96 a. Ovary inferior or appearing so by the closely fitting calyx. b. Ovary six-c...

2. c. Pistils united below into a lobed or

beaked ovary. d. Water plants with floating leaves. _Nymphaceae_ 156 d. Terrestrial or land plants. e. Pistils forming a ring; filaments united. _Malvaceae_ 284 e. Pistils not f...

3. d. Anthers opening by longitudinal

4. d. Stamens free from each other

and from the pistils. e. Stamens inserted on the receptacle. f. Leaves and stems fleshy. _Crassulaceae_ 192 f. Leaves and stems not noticeably fleshy. g. Lobes of ovary two to f...

5. d. Ovary with one cell and one

placenta. e. Corolla forming standard, wings and keel; filaments mostly united. _Fabaceae_ 242 e. Corolla not of standard, wings and keel; filaments mostly not united. f. Stamen...

6. d. Ovary with one or more cells

and styles, and two or more placentae and stigmas. e. Ovary one-celled. f. Corolla irregular; petals and sepals five. _Violaceae_ 296 f. Corolla regular or nearly so. g. Ovules...

7. i. Ovules and seeds

8. i. Ovules and seeds

several in each cell; leaflets three. _Oxalidaceae_ 272 g. Cells of ovary twice as many as the sepals. _Linaceae_ 270 =D. Ovary inferior or more or less so.= a. Stamens more tha...

9. c. Leaves neither three-sided nor

fleshy. d. Herbs; leaves rough-hairy. _Loasaceae_ 300 d. Shrubs or trees. e. Leaves opposite; stipules none. _Hydrangeaceae_ 206 e. Leaves alternate; stipules present. _Pomaceae...

10. d. Stamens five or ten; styles two or

11. c. Stamens less than ten; ovary wholly

inferior. d. Stamens five; fruit dry. _Umbelliferae_ 332 d. Stamens four; fruit fleshy. _Cornaceae_ 338 =C. Corolla with petals more or less united.= =E. Ovary superior.= a. Sta...

12. d. Corolla nearly regular; stamens

13. d. Stamens not attached to the

14. d. Stamens attached to the corolla,

plants without green foliage. _Monotropaceae_ 356 a. Stamens five or fewer in number. b. Corolla regular. c. Stamens free from the corolla. _Ericaceae_ 340 c. Stamens attached t...

15. i. Ovary two-celled;

leaves various. _Solanaceae_ 458 f. Ovary three- or four-celled. g. Style one; ovary three-celled. _Polemoniaceae_ 384 g. Styles two; ovary four-celled. _Boraginaceae_ 422 d. Pi...

16. d. Ovary one-celled; plants without

17. d. Ovary not lobed; plants rarely

aromatic. _Verbenaceae_ 434 =E. Ovary inferior.= a. Stamens eight or ten; evergreen shrubs. _Ericaceae_ 340 a. Stamens five or fewer in number. b. Plants tendril-bearing. _Cucur...

18. d. Leaves opposite or whorled; stamens

inserted on the corolla. e. Stamens one to three. _Valerianaceae_ 508 e. Stamens four to five. f. Leaves opposite, never in whorls nor with stipules. _Caprifoliaceae_ 512 f. Lea...

19. d. Marginal corollas strap-shaped,

A rather small family, widely distributed, growing in fresh-water swamps and streams. The leaves are all from the root, with long sheathing leaf-stalks, and the flowers are regu...