stris.=
=False Asphodel, Tofieldia glutinosa.=

47b. Stem viscid-pubescent (1-5 dm. high)

48a. Perianth-segments with 2 glands near the base (3-8 dm. high;
greenish-white panicled flowers in summer)
=Zygadenus, Zygadenus chloranthus.=

48b. Perianth-segments without glands --49.

49a. Plant 3-5 dm. tall; flowers blue or nearly white, in long racemes
(early summer) =Wild Hyacinth, Camassia esculenta.=

49b. Plant 1-3 dm. tall; flowers greenish-white, in short corymb-like
racemes (spring) =Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum.=

DIOSCOREACEAE, the Yam Family

Twining herbs with net-veined leaves and greenish or white flowers in
panicles or racemes.

One species in Michigan; leaves ovate-cordate; flowers in summer
=Wild Yam, Dioscorea villosa.=

AMARYLLIDACEAE, the Amaryllis Family

Plants with linear basal leaves, and perfect flowers, with 6-parted
perianth, inferior ovary, and 6 stamens.

One species in Michigan; 1-2 dm. high; flowers yellow, 1 cm. wide, in
spring =Star Grass, Hypoxis hirsuta.=

IRIDACEAE, the Iris Family

Herbs, with 6-parted perianth, inferior ovary, and 3 stamens.

1a. Flowers blue, 5 cm. wide or larger --2.

1b. Flowers about 1 cm. wide (blue or white, from a spathe terminating a
2-edged stem 2-5 dm. high, spring and early summer) (Blue-eyed
Grass) --3.

2a. Flowering stems 4-8 dm. high (early summer)
=Blue Flag, Iris versicolor.=

2b. Flowering stems 2 dm. or less high (spring)
=Dwarf Iris, Iris lacustris.=

3a. Spathes terminal, sessile --4.

3b. Spathes long-peduncled, axillary --8.

4a. Spathe single --5.

4b. Spathes 2 on each flowering stem --7.

5a. Pedicels much longer than the inner (shorter) bract
=Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium mucronatum.=

5b. Pedicels equaling or barely exceeding the inner bract --6.

6a. Capsule brown; common species
=Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium angustifolium.=

6b. Capsule green or yellowish; rare species
=Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium montanum.=

7a. Leaves folded lengthwise; stems narrowly winged