=Sweet William, Phlox pilosa.=

HYDROPHYLLACEAE, the Water-leaf Family

Herbs with alternate lobed or divided leaves and regular flowers; sepals
5; petals 5, united; stamens 5, attached to the corolla-tube and
projecting beyond it; ovary 1-celled.

1a. Leaves palmately veined and lobed (4-8 dm. high; flowers purple,
early summer) =Water-leaf, Hydrophyllum canadense.=

1b. Leaves pinnately veined and lobed (2-6 dm. high; flowers blue or
purple, varying to white) --2.

2a. Corolla-lobes much shorter than the corolla-tube (summer)
=Phacelia, Phacelia franklinii.=

2b. Corolla-lobes much longer than the corolla-tube (late spring
and summer) (Water-leaf) --3.

3a. Calyx with a small reflexed appendage between each pair of sepals
=Water-leaf, Hydrophyllum appendiculatum.=

3b. Calyx without appendages =Water-leaf, Hydrophyllum virginicum.=

BORAGINACEAE, the Borage Family

Herbs with alternate entire leaves; sepals 5; petals 5, united, corolla
generally regular; stamens 5, attached to the corolla-tube; ovary deeply
4-lobed with a single style.

1a. Corolla reddish-purple, about 8 mm. wide (4-10 dm. high; spring)
=Hound's Tongue, Cynoglossum officinale.=

1b. Corolla blue with a yellow center, 4-8 mm. wide (1-5 dm. high;
spring and early summer) (Forget-me-not) --13.

1c. Corolla deep orange, salver-form (2-6 dm. high; spring) (Puccoon)
--15.

1d. Corolla white or blue, or lightly tinged with yellow or red --2.

2a. Corolla rotate, with a very short tube, bright-blue, about 20
mm. broad (3-8 dm. high; summer) =Borage, Borago officinalis.=

2b. Corolla tubular, funnel-form, or salver-form --3.

3a. Corolla 10 mm. long or more; its tube distinctly longer than the
calyx --4.

3b. Corolla less than 10 mm. long; its tube equaling or shorter than the
calyx --8.

4a. Flowers yellowish-white, or somewhat tinged with pink or
greenish --5.

4b. Flowers blue or purple --6.

5a. Corolla-lobes erect; leaves sessile (3-8 dm. high; early summer)
=False Gromwell; Onosmodium occidentale.=

5b. Corolla-lobes spreading; leaves decurrent (6-10 dm. high; summer)
=Comfrey, Symphytum officinale.=