23a. Leaves sessile, sepals spreading =Wake Robin, Trillium sessile.=
23b. Leaves short-petioled, sepals reflexed
=Wake Robin, Trillium recurvatum.=
24a. Ovary with 6 distinct wing-like angles --25.
24b. Ovary obtusely 3-angled or lobed --28.
25a. Stamens distinctly longer than the pistil --26.
25b. Stamens equaling or shorter than the pistil --27.
26a. Stigmas erect or nearly so, slender
=Wake Robin, Trillium grandiflorum.=
26b. Stigmas strongly recurved or spreading
=Wake Robin, Trillium erectum.=
27a. Filaments about as long as the anthers
=Wake Robin, Trillium cernuum.=
27b. Filaments half as long as the anthers or shorter
=Wake Robin, Trillium declinatum.=
28a. Leaves obtuse; petals obtuse, white
=Dwarf White Trillium, Trillium nivale.=
28b. Leaves acuminate; petals acute, purple-striped at base
=Painted Trillium, Trillium undulatum.=
29a. Leaves sessile (3-6 dm. high; flowers yellow, spring)
=Bellwort, Oakesia sessilifolia.=
29b. Leaves perfoliate (4-6 dm. high; flowers yellow, in spring) --30.
30a. Leaves minutely pubescent beneath
=Bellwort, Uvularia grandiflora.=
30b. Leaves glabrous and all glaucous
=Bellwort, Uvularia perfoliata.=
31a. Stem bearing 2 whorls of 3-9 leaves (3-6 dm. high; flowers pale
yellow, early summer) =Indian Cucumber-root, Medeola virginiana.=
31b. Stem-leaves not whorled, or all leaves basal --32.
32a. Flowers in umbels --33.
32b. Flowers in racemes or panicles --38.
33a. Plant with the odor of onions or garlic (leaves all or chiefly
basal; flower-stalks 2-8 dm. high, late spring or summer) --34.
33b. Plant not with the odor of onions (leaves basal; flower-stalks 2-3
dm. high, with an umbel of 3-6 greenish-yellow flowers in late
spring) =Clintonia, Clintonia borealis.=
34a. Leaves oblong, 2-5 cm. wide, not present when the plants are
in bloom (greenish-white flowers)
=Wild Leek, Allium tricoccum.=
34b. Leaves l
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