ckinac northward (summer) =Rock Cress, Braya humilis.=
68b. Leaves obovate or oblong; an introduced weed (spring)
=Mouse-ear Cress, Sisymbrium thalianum.=
CAPPARIDACEAE, the Caper Family
Herbs, with alternate compound leaves, 4 petals, and 6 or more stamens,
which are about equal in length; fruit a 1-celled pod.
One species in Michigan, stamens about 11; leaflets 3 (2-4 dm. high;
flowers yellowish, in summer) =Clammy-weed, Polanisia graveolens.=
RESEDACEAE, the Mignonette Family
Herbs, with alternate leaves and terminal racemes of small yellowish
flowers; sepals 6, petals 6, stamens numerous.
One species in Michigan, with divided leaves and irregularly cleft
petals, blooming in summer =Yellow Mignonette, Reseda lutea.=
SARRACENIACEAE, the Pitcher Plant Family
Insectivorous plants, with hollow, pitcher-shaped leaves, and large
purple flowers at the ends of naked stems.
One species in Michigan, growing in bogs and blooming in late spring
=Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia purpurea.=
DROSERACEAE, the Sundew Family
Insectivorous herbs, with a rosette of basal leaves bearing gland-tipped
bristles on their upper surface, and with slender racemes of small white
flowers in summer; inhabitants of bogs and swamps (2 dm. high, or less).
1a. Leaf-blade about as long as wide =Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia.=
1b. Leaf-blade about 2-3 times as long as wide
=Sundew, Drosera longifolia.=
1c. Leaf-blade about 5-8 times as long as wide
=Sundew, Drosera anglica.=
1d. Leaf-blade narrowly linear, about 10 times as long as wide
=Sundew, Drosera linearis.=
PODOSTEMACEAE, the River Weed Family
Small submerged aquatics, growing attached to stones in running water,
with dissected leaves and minute flowers.
One species in Michigan =River Weed, Podostemum ceratophyllum.=
CRASSULACEAE, the Orpine Family
Herbs, with usually alternate leaves; the sepals, petals, and pistils
each 4 or 5, or in one species the petals none, and the stamens as many
or twice as many as the sepals.
1a. Leaves entire (Stonecrop) --2.
1b. Leaves toothed --3.
2a. Leaves 3-5 mm. long, very thick and fleshy (tufted plants about
1 dm. high,
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