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| Scientific | Lead Number | Lead Position | Lead Characteristics | Lead Characteristics with Glossary | Line result key id | Line result taxon id | result text |
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Asplenium | Pinnae orbicular to obovate-oblong, 1-2× as long as wide, the base more-or-less symmetrical (if auriculate, only slightly so and on the side of the pinna toward the base of the leaf); old leaf rachises often with persistent projections left from the disarticulation of the pinnae; [VI. A. trichomanes clade; A. trichomanes subclade]. | Pinnae orbicular to obovate-oblong, 1-2× as long as wide, the base more-or-less symmetrical (if auriculate, only slightly so and on the side of the pinna toward the base of the leaf); old leaf rachises often with persistent projections left from the disarticulation of the pinnae; [VI. A. trichomanes clade; A. trichomanes subclade]. | |||||
Asplenium | Sori 4-6 (-9) per pinna, up to 2 mm long; rhizome scales up to 3 mm long; petiole relatively thin, shiny, coppery or bronze; pinnae mostly alternate, suborbicular, spaced more distantly, thinner in texture, set at a fairly oblique angle to the rachis, often slightly auriculate on the side of the pinna toward the leaf base; spores mostly 29-36 μ long; stomate guard cells mostly 38-43 μ long; [mostly of noncalcareous rocks] | Sori 4-6 (-9) per pinna, up to 2 mm long; rhizome scales up to 3 mm long; petiole relatively thin, shiny, coppery or bronze; pinnae mostly alternate, suborbicular, spaced more distantly, thinner in texture, set at a fairly oblique angle to the rachis, often slightly auriculate on the side of the pinna toward the leaf base; spores mostly 29-36 μ long; stomate guard cells mostly 38-43 μ long; [mostly of noncalcareous rocks] | |||||
Asplenium | Sori 4-9 (-12) per pinna, up to 3 mm long; rhizome scales up to 5 mm long; petiole relatively thicker, blackish-brown; pinnae mostly opposite, oblong, spaced more closely, thicker in texture, set at a nearly right angle to the rachis, rarely at all auriculate; spores mostly 34-43 μ long; stomate guard cells mostly 41-49 μ long; [of calcareous rocks] | Sori 4-9 (-12) per pinna, up to 3 mm long; rhizome scales up to 5 mm long; petiole relatively thicker, blackish-brown; pinnae mostly opposite, oblong, spaced more closely, thicker in texture, set at a nearly right angle to the rachis, rarely at all auriculate; spores mostly 34-43 μ long; stomate guard cells mostly 41-49 μ long; [of calcareous rocks] | |||||
Magnoliaceae | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | |||||
Magnoliaceae | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | |||||
Magnoliaceae | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | |||||
Magnoliaceae | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | Leaves longer than broad, not lobed (in some species the leaves auriculate-cordate basally); fruit an ovoid, cone-like aggregate of follicles (a “follicetum”), each follicle dehiscing to reveal a scarlet seed, at first connected to the follicle by a thread-like strand; [subfamily Magnolioideae] | |||||
Magnolia | Leaves cordate-auriculate at base; leaves clustered in a 'pseudowhorl' near the apex of the twigs. | ||||||
Magnolia | Leaves cordate-auriculate at base; leaves clustered in a 'pseudowhorl' near the apex of the twigs. | ||||||
Potamogeton | Leaves stiffish, conspicuously 2-ranked, auriculate-lobed to rounded at the junction with the stipule, with 20-60 fine veins | Leaves stiffish, conspicuously 2-ranked, auriculate-lobed to rounded at the junction with the stipule, with 20-60 fine veins | |||||
Habenaria | Lip and lateral petals lobed (the lobes not linear, often appearing minutely toothed or sinuate), thus perianth segments appearing basally auriculate-hastate | ||||||
Commelina | Leaf sheaths not auriculate at the summit, ciliate with coarse reddish-brown, white, or colorless hairs; middle petal blue, lilac, or lavender; [mostly of moist or wet soils]. | Leaf sheaths not auriculate at the summit, ciliate with coarse reddish-brown, white, or colorless hairs; middle petal blue, lilac, or lavender; [mostly of moist or wet soils]. | |||||
Carex | Lowest pistillate bract auriculate but not sheathing; terminal spike normally staminate (rarely with a few perigynia terminally); leaf blades 1-2 mm wide; basal sheaths purplish or red; [of cliffs and rock outcrops at moderate to high elevations in the Mountains] | ||||||
Carex | Leaves folded along the midrib, appearing 0.7-2.0 (-2.2) mm wide; culms obtusely trigonous, usually smooth; base of pistillate bracts often auriculate, forming a V-shaped mouth; middle staminate scales narrowly acute | Leaves folded along the midrib, appearing 0.7-2.0 (-2.2) mm wide; culms obtusely trigonous, usually smooth; base of pistillate bracts often auriculate, forming a V-shaped mouth; middle staminate scales narrowly acute | |||||
Poaceae | Leaf blades often involute, 0.2-3 mm wide, not auriculate at the base | ||||||
Poaceae | Leaf blades flat, 3-12 mm wide, auriculate at the base | ||||||
Poaceae | Leaf blades often involute, 0.2-3 mm wide, or flat and 3-12 mm wide, not auriculate at the base | ||||||
Poaceae | Leaf blades flat, 3-12 mm wide, auriculate at the base | ||||||
Anthenantia | Leaves weakly if at all geniculate and auriculate at junction of blade and sheath, ascending to erect (lacking a sharp bend outward at the summit of the sheath), medium green; blade (3-) 4-8 (-10) mm wide, the proximal margins glabrous or sometimes ascending pilose-ciliate; pigmentation of leaves, spikelets and their trichomes variously reddish or purplish; fertile lemma red-brown to nearly black, leaf tip with a very short taper to a blunt or rounded apex; lower sheaths crowded and keeled (therefore distichous) | Leaves weakly if at all geniculate and auriculate at junction of blade and sheath, ascending to erect (lacking a sharp bend outward at the summit of the sheath), medium green; blade (3-) 4-8 (-10) mm wide, the proximal margins glabrous or sometimes ascending pilose-ciliate; pigmentation of leaves, spikelets and their trichomes variously reddish or purplish; fertile lemma red-brown to nearly black, leaf tip with a very short taper to a blunt or rounded apex; lower sheaths crowded and keeled (therefore distichous) | |||||
Anthenantia | Leaves strongly geniculate and auriculate at junction of blade and sheath, spreading, usually squarrose (with a sharp bend outward at the summit of the sheath), yellowish green; blade 4-10 (-15) mm wide, the proximal margins ciliate at least basally with ascending strumose-hirsute cilia; pigment of leaves, spikelets and their trichomes usually with little or any red; fertile lemma brown; leaf tip with a long taper to a sharp apex; lower sheaths not crowded, keeled, or distichous | Leaves strongly geniculate and auriculate at junction of blade and sheath, spreading, usually squarrose (with a sharp bend outward at the summit of the sheath), yellowish green; blade 4-10 (-15) mm wide, the proximal margins ciliate at least basally with ascending strumose-hirsute cilia; pigment of leaves, spikelets and their trichomes usually with little or any red; fertile lemma brown; leaf tip with a long taper to a sharp apex; lower sheaths not crowded, keeled, or distichous | |||||
Coleataenia | Sheath summit truncate to broadly auriculate, much wider than base of blade; ligule membranous, to 0.3 mm long; blades to 2.5 mm wide; [endemic to c. and s. FL] | Sheath summit truncate to broadly auriculate, much wider than base of blade; ligule membranous, to 0.3 mm long; blades to 2.5 mm wide; [endemic to c. and s. FL] | |||||
Coleataenia | Sheath summit not truncate or broadly auriculate, about as wide as base of blade; ligule membranous or ciliate (if membranous, then 0.3-3 mm long); blades 2-12 mm wide; [collectively widespread]. | Sheath summit not truncate or broadly auriculate, about as wide as base of blade; ligule membranous or ciliate (if membranous, then 0.3-3 mm long); blades 2-12 mm wide; [collectively widespread]. | |||||
Festuca | Larger lemmas 5.5-10 mm long; leaf blades auriculate at the base; anthers 2-4 mm long | ||||||
Festuca | Larger lemmas 3.3-5.2 mm long; leaf blades not auriculate at the base; anthers 0.8-1.5 mm long; [subgenus Subulatae, section Obtusae]. | Larger lemmas 3.3-5.2 mm long; leaf blades not auriculate at the base; anthers 0.8-1.5 mm long; [subgenus Subulatae, section Obtusae]. | |||||
Hordeum | Rachis disarticulating at maturity; leaves 1-5 mm wide, not auriculate (except in H. murinum ssp. leporinum). | Rachis disarticulating at maturity; leaves 1-5 mm wide, not auriculate (except in H. murinum ssp. leporinum). | |||||
Hordeum | Leaves auriculate; glumes of the central spikelet (in the triad) with ciliate margins; [section Hordeum] | ||||||
Hordeum | Leaves not auriculate; glumes of the central spikelet (in the triad) with scabrous margins; [section Critesion] | ||||||
Phyllanthus | Leaves arranged distichously; staminate sepals 0.5-0.7 mm long; stipules typically auriculate; [subgenus Phyllanthus; section Loxopodium]. | Leaves arranged distichously; staminate sepals 0.5-0.7 mm long; stipules typically auriculate; [subgenus Phyllanthus; section Loxopodium]. | |||||
Phyllanthus | Leaves arranged spirally; staminate sepals 0.7-2.5 mm long; stipules not auriculate; [section Paraphyllanthus]. | Leaves arranged spirally; staminate sepals 0.7-2.5 mm long; stipules not auriculate; [section Paraphyllanthus]. | |||||
Brassicaceae | Leaves auriculate, sagittate, or amplexicaul at base. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Leaves strictly basal, or both basal and cauline and also auriculate. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Leaves basal and cauline but not auriculate (basal leaves sometimes withering upon flowering, thus only appearing alternate). | Leaves basal and cauline but not auriculate (basal leaves sometimes withering upon flowering, thus only appearing alternate). | |||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves sessile and auriculate; [tribe Camelineae]. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile and not auriculate. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves sessile and auriculate. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves usually petiolate and if sessile, not auriculate. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves sessile; blade bases auriculate, sagittate, or amplexicaulous. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile and not auriculate. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves sessile; blade bases auriculate, sagittate, or amplexicaule. | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves petiolate or sessile and not auriculate. | ||||||
Brassica | Upper cauline leaves auriculate, slightly to strongly clasping the stem; [section Rapa]. | ||||||
Cardamine | Stem glabrous at base; lower leaves green underneath; petioles auriculate at the base, the auricles 1-5 mm long, acute to acuminate; leaves 3 (-5)-foliolate; siliques 22-40 mm long | ||||||
Cardamine | Stem pubescent at base; lower leaves purple underneath; petioles not auriculate at the base; leaves 3-5-foliolate; siliques 10-25 mm long. | ||||||
Cardamine | Cauline leaves with prolonged sagittate-auriculate bases, the 13-19 leaflets acuminate | ||||||
Lepidium | Upper cauline leaves sessile, and also perfoliate, sagittate, or auriculate at the base. | ||||||
Lepidium | Upper cauline leaves sagittate or auriculate; basal leaves entire, dentate, or sinuate (1-2-pinnatifid in L. oblongum); petals white or absent. | Upper cauline leaves sagittate or auriculate; basal leaves entire, dentate, or sinuate (1-2-pinnatifid in L. oblongum); petals white or absent. | |||||
Lepidium | Upper cauline leaves sagittate or auriculate; basal leaves entire, dentate, or sinuate (1-2-pinnatifid in L. oblongum); petals white or absent. | Upper cauline leaves sagittate or auriculate; basal leaves entire, dentate, or sinuate (1-2-pinnatifid in L. oblongum); petals white or absent. | |||||
Lepidium | Upper cauline leaves petiolate, not perfoliate, sagittate, or auriculate at the base. | ||||||
Nasturtium | Petioles of emergent leaves auriculate toward the base; seeds reddish-brown, rather coarsely reticulate, with 25-150 (-175) polygonal depressions on each side. | Petioles of emergent leaves auriculate toward the base; seeds reddish-brown, rather coarsely reticulate, with 25-150 (-175) polygonal depressions on each side. | |||||
Paysonia | Cauline leaves cuneate or petiolate at the base, not auriculate | ||||||
Paysonia | Cauline leaves expanded at the base, usually auriculate. | ||||||
Paysonia | Lower stem hirsute with spreading, simple trichomes; lower stem leaves strongly auriculate; petals 4-5 mm wide | Lower stem hirsute with spreading, simple trichomes; lower stem leaves strongly auriculate; petals 4-5 mm wide | |||||
Paysonia | Lower stem pubescent with appressed, branched trichomes; lower stem leaves slightly auriculate; petals 6-9 mm wide | Lower stem pubescent with appressed, branched trichomes; lower stem leaves slightly auriculate; petals 6-9 mm wide | |||||
Physaria | Cauline leaves expanded at the base, usually auriculate | ||||||
Physaria | Cauline leaves cuneate or petiolate at the base, not auriculate. | ||||||
Warea | Leaves rounded, slightly auriculate, or auriculate-clasping at the base. | ||||||
Warea | Leaves conspicuously auriculate at the base, the auricles clasping and adnate to the stem; [FL peninsula] | Leaves conspicuously auriculate at the base, the auricles clasping and adnate to the stem; [FL peninsula] | |||||
Warea | Leaves rounded to slightly auriculate at the base, not clasping the stem; [FL Panhandle, sw. GA and s. AL] | Leaves rounded to slightly auriculate at the base, not clasping the stem; [FL Panhandle, sw. GA and s. AL] | |||||
Nicotiana | Corolla tube 2.5-12.0 cm long, cream, white, yellow, or pink, with limb 10-25 mm wide; leaves auriculate clasping. | Corolla tube 2.5-12.0 cm long, cream, white, yellow, or pink, with limb 10-25 mm wide; leaves auriculate clasping. | |||||
Nicotiana | Rosette persisting; cauline leaves clasping or auriculate, but not decurrent on the stem. | ||||||
Solanum | Leaves compound (at least well-developed leaves), pinnatifid, or basally auriculate-lobed. | ||||||
Solanum | Woody or suffrutescent climbing or twining vine; leaves regularly pinnatifid (to bipinnatifid) or basally auriculate-lobed. | Woody or suffrutescent climbing or twining vine; leaves regularly pinnatifid (to bipinnatifid) or basally auriculate-lobed. | |||||
Solanum | Leaves not compound or auriculate-lobed. | Leaves not compound or auriculate-lobed. | |||||
Verbascum | Middle to upper stem leaves sessile to auriculate-clasping, slightly or not at all decurrent on the stem; stigma patulate, decurrent on the style; corollas white or yellow | ||||||
Verbascum | Middle to upper stem leaves sessile to auriculate-clasping, slightly or not at all decurrent on the stem; stigma patulate, decurrent on the style; corollas white or yellow | ||||||
Utricularia | Leaves of one kind only, divided into numerous capillary segments bearing lateral traps; bracts scarcely auriculate; plant distinctly aquatic, floating in water and only rarely stranded; [of the Coastal Plain] | Leaves of one kind only, divided into numerous capillary segments bearing lateral traps; bracts scarcely auriculate; plant distinctly aquatic, floating in water and only rarely stranded; [of the Coastal Plain] | |||||
Utricularia | Leaves of 2 or 3 kinds, some divided into capillary or narrowly linear segments and bearing few or no traps, others divided into fewer capillary segments and bearing more-or-less numerous traps; bracts distinctly auriculate; plants typically in boggy situations, in shallow water or frequently stranded; [either of the Mountains at high elevations or of various physiographic provinces northward]. | Leaves of 2 or 3 kinds, some divided into capillary or narrowly linear segments and bearing few or no traps, others divided into fewer capillary segments and bearing more-or-less numerous traps; bracts distinctly auriculate; plants typically in boggy situations, in shallow water or frequently stranded; [either of the Mountains at high elevations or of various physiographic provinces northward]. | |||||
Scutellaria | Margins of lip entire; lip undulate or weakly auriculate. | ||||||
Lobelia | Sinuses of calyx segments not auriculate; pedicels lacking bracteoles; corolla (10-) avg. 12-13 (-16) mm long; filament tube 3-4.5 mm long; corolla tube fenestrate (with lateral slits near the base between the calyx lobes); larger leaves 5-15 cm long; plants (4-) 5-6 (-13) dm tall | Sinuses of calyx segments not auriculate; pedicels lacking bracteoles; corolla (10-) avg. 12-13 (-16) mm long; filament tube 3-4.5 mm long; corolla tube fenestrate (with lateral slits near the base between the calyx lobes); larger leaves 5-15 cm long; plants (4-) 5-6 (-13) dm tall | |||||
Coreopsis | Leaves simple or with 1-2 auriculate lobes at the base, but lacking linear or pinnate segments; [section Eublepharis]. | ||||||
Parthenium | Plants arising from a long, even-width, 3-5(-6) mm wide, branching, woody or lignescent rhizome; stems either with coarse, spreading pubescence 1-3 mm long or puberulous or strigose with hairs < 1 mm long; cauline leaves all auriculate-clasping, the upper cauline leaves sessile and auriculate-clasping, the lower cauline leaves with winged petioles, the wings expanded at the base; blades of basal leaves 11-18 (-20) cm long, 5-8 cm wide. | Plants arising from a long, even-width, 3-5(-6) mm wide, branching, woody or lignescent rhizome; stems either with coarse, spreading pubescence 1-3 mm long or puberulous or strigose with hairs < 1 mm long; cauline leaves all auriculate-clasping, the upper cauline leaves sessile and auriculate-clasping, the lower cauline leaves with winged petioles, the wings expanded at the base; blades of basal leaves 11-18 (-20) cm long, 5-8 cm wide. | |||||
Parthenium | Plants arising from a short caudex surmounting a system of fleshy-thickened but tough roots; stems glabrous or with short, appressed pubescence < 1 mm long; cauline leaves seldom auriculate-clasping, the upper cauline leaves typically sessile or petiolate, the lower cauline leaves petiolate, the petioles winged or not; blades of basal leaves (4-) 6-21 (-27) cm long, (1.4-) 2-12 (-13.5) cm wide. | Plants arising from a short caudex surmounting a system of fleshy-thickened but tough roots; stems glabrous or with short, appressed pubescence < 1 mm long; cauline leaves seldom auriculate-clasping, the upper cauline leaves typically sessile or petiolate, the lower cauline leaves petiolate, the petioles winged or not; blades of basal leaves (4-) 6-21 (-27) cm long, (1.4-) 2-12 (-13.5) cm wide. | |||||
Pseudognaphalium | Leaves distinctly (but shortly) decurrent 1-10 mm and adnate-auriculate on the stem. | ||||||
Pseudognaphalium | Leaves sessile, not decurrent or adnate-auriculate. | ||||||
Rudbeckia | Stem leaves auriculate or auriculate-clasping. | ||||||
Rudbeckia | Stem leaves petiolate or sessile, but not auriculate-clasping. | ||||||
Symphyotrichum | Midstem leaves >3cm, bases strongly cordate- or auriculate-clasping or subclasping to cuneate; leaves and bracts scabrous, strigoso-scabrous, or hirtellous; main stem leaves spreading or lax, not twisted; plants stipitate-glandular in arrays (glands sparse in S. fontinale and S. estesii; sometimes absent in S. patens). | Midstem leaves >3cm, bases strongly cordate- or auriculate-clasping or subclasping to cuneate; leaves and bracts scabrous, strigoso-scabrous, or hirtellous; main stem leaves spreading or lax, not twisted; plants stipitate-glandular in arrays (glands sparse in S. fontinale and S. estesii; sometimes absent in S. patens). | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Mid-stem leaves clasping to auriculate-clasping. | ||||||
Plantae | Leaves not lobed (entire or serrate, sometimes coarsely so), or only with 2 small auriculate lobes at the base of an otherwise unlobed leaf blade (such as various Magnolia species). | ||||||
Plantae | Leaf base cuneate, rounded, truncate, subcordate, or auriculate (with 2 small “earlobe-like” lobes at the base of the leaf blade), with 1 (mid) vein from the base (3 veins from the base in Celtis in CANNABACEAE); leaf blade about as wide as long, or somewhat to much longer, 0.9-10× as long as wide. | Leaf base cuneate, rounded, truncate, subcordate, or auriculate (with 2 small “earlobe-like” lobes at the base of the leaf blade), with 1 (mid) vein from the base (3 veins from the base in Celtis in CANNABACEAE); leaf blade about as wide as long, or somewhat to much longer, 0.9-10× as long as wide. | |||||
Plantae | Flowers terminal, > 4 cm across, white, pale yellow, or pink; perianth many-merous, spiraled; fresh foliage not noticeably aromatic; fruit an aggregate of follicles; leaves cuneate or auriculate at the base; twigs with circumferential stipule scars at each node | Flowers terminal, > 4 cm across, white, pale yellow, or pink; perianth many-merous, spiraled; fresh foliage not noticeably aromatic; fruit an aggregate of follicles; leaves cuneate or auriculate at the base; twigs with circumferential stipule scars at each node | |||||
Plantae | Basal leaves 2-lobed, pinnately lobed, or palmately lobed (not considering cordate, hastate, or auriculate leaf bases as “lobed”). | Basal leaves 2-lobed, pinnately lobed, or palmately lobed (not considering cordate, hastate, or auriculate leaf bases as “lobed”). | |||||
Plantae | Basal leaves not lobed, at most serrate or crenate (and sometimes also cordate, hastate, auriculate, or peltate at the base). | ||||||
Plantae | Basal leaves petiolate, the blade with a cordate, hastate, auriculate, or peltate base. | ||||||
Nicotiana | Corolla throat constricted; filaments unequal, stamens didynamous (2 different lengths); cauline leaf blades lanceolate or linear, leaves sessile, auriculate; [section Alatae] | Corolla throat constricted; filaments unequal, stamens didynamous (2 different lengths); cauline leaf blades lanceolate or linear, leaves sessile, auriculate; [section Alatae] | |||||
Eriogonum | Leaf blades oblong to narrowly ovate, 1.5-4 (-4.5) × 1-2.2 (-2.5) cm, 1.5-4× as long as wide, auriculate-subclasping at base | Leaf blades oblong to narrowly ovate, 1.5-4 (-4.5) × 1-2.2 (-2.5) cm, 1.5-4× as long as wide, auriculate-subclasping at base | |||||
Eriogonum | Leaf blades narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2-5 (-8) × 0.3-0.9 (-1.5) cm, 4-10× as long as wide, attenuate to rarely rounded at base, not auriculate-subclasping | Leaf blades narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2-5 (-8) × 0.3-0.9 (-1.5) cm, 4-10× as long as wide, attenuate to rarely rounded at base, not auriculate-subclasping | |||||
Malaxis | Leaves basal; lip oriented upward (not resupinate); lip entire, obtuse to acuminate at apex, cordate-auriculate at base; [se. VA southwards] | ||||||
Rudbeckia | Stems and leaves nearly smooth; upper stem leaves entire or slightly toothed, auriculate at the base; [dry rocky glades and woodlands] | Stems and leaves nearly smooth; upper stem leaves entire or slightly toothed, auriculate at the base; [dry rocky glades and woodlands] | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Phyllaries mostly obtuse to acute, sometimes acuminate, green zones foliaceous; mid and upper stem leaves mostly lanceolate or oblanceolate to linear, faces glabrous, bases slightly auriculate-clasping to short-petiolate and attenuate; stems sparsely hairy in lines above, otherwise glabrous; [series Symphyotrichum]. | Phyllaries mostly obtuse to acute, sometimes acuminate, green zones foliaceous; mid and upper stem leaves mostly lanceolate or oblanceolate to linear, faces glabrous, bases slightly auriculate-clasping to short-petiolate and attenuate; stems sparsely hairy in lines above, otherwise glabrous; [series Symphyotrichum]. | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Phyllaries mostly long-acuminate to caudate; mid and upper stem leaves mostly ovate, obovate, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, scabrous adaxially (except S. firmum), bases strongly auriculate-clasping (except S. elliottii); stems densely hispid to sparsely hairy in lines; [series Punicei]. | Phyllaries mostly long-acuminate to caudate; mid and upper stem leaves mostly ovate, obovate, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, scabrous adaxially (except S. firmum), bases strongly auriculate-clasping (except S. elliottii); stems densely hispid to sparsely hairy in lines; [series Punicei]. | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Stem leaves strongly auriculate-clasping; leaves membranaceous. | Stem leaves strongly auriculate-clasping; leaves membranaceous. | |||||
Bignoniaceae | Leaflets 1.3-5× as long as wide, the venation pinnate; leaf bases cordate, subcordate, auriculate, truncate, rounded, or cuneate; leaf apices abruptly to gradually acuminate; corollas red, orange, bright yellow, or pink; fruit linear or ellipsoid, > 6× as long as wide, the surface smooth; tendrils narrowing to pointed tips. | Leaflets 1.3-5× as long as wide, the venation pinnate; leaf bases cordate, subcordate, auriculate, truncate, rounded, or cuneate; leaf apices abruptly to gradually acuminate; corollas red, orange, bright yellow, or pink; fruit linear or ellipsoid, > 6× as long as wide, the surface smooth; tendrils narrowing to pointed tips. | |||||
Orchidaceae | Dorsal sepal connivent with petals forming hood over column; lip sagittate-auriculate | ||||||
Oenothera | Flowers essentially actinomorphic, the petals abruptly clawed, blades broadly rhombic-ovate, bright white; fruits 3-4 mm long; leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, auriculate at base, entire; inflorescences densely spicate, long and wandlike, stiff; [section Stenosiphon] | Flowers essentially actinomorphic, the petals abruptly clawed, blades broadly rhombic-ovate, bright white; fruits 3-4 mm long; leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, auriculate at base, entire; inflorescences densely spicate, long and wandlike, stiff; [section Stenosiphon] | |||||
Chamaecrista | Functional stamens of the outer whorl 5, the inner whorl of 2-3 reduced or rudimentary stamens; stipule bases cordate and auriculate; hairs of the stem both incurved and setose, the setae (1-) 1.5-4.; 5 (-5) mm long | ||||||
Rudbeckia | Plants 2-3 m tall; stem leaves strongly auriculate-clasping; paleae 4-6 mm; [sandy stream banks, wet roadsides in AL, FL, and GA] | Plants 2-3 m tall; stem leaves strongly auriculate-clasping; paleae 4-6 mm; [sandy stream banks, wet roadsides in AL, FL, and GA] | |||||
Rudbeckia | Plants 2 m tall or less; stem leaves weakly auriculate, not clasping; paleae 6-8 mm; [seepages in w. LA and e. TX] | Plants 2 m tall or less; stem leaves weakly auriculate, not clasping; paleae 6-8 mm; [seepages in w. LA and e. TX] | |||||
Phyllanthaceae | Leaves arranged distichously; staminate sepals 0.5-0.7 mm long; stipules typically auriculate | ||||||
Phyllanthaceae | Leaves arranged spirally; staminate sepals 0.7-2.5 mm long; stipules not auriculate | ||||||
Moeroris | Annual herbs; stipules of main stems pale green to pale brown, not auriculate; capsules 1.9-2.7 mm in diameter; seeds 0.9-1.5 mm long. | Annual herbs; stipules of main stems pale green to pale brown, not auriculate; capsules 1.9-2.7 mm in diameter; seeds 0.9-1.5 mm long. | |||||
Moeroris | Perennial herbs; stipules of main stems dark brown, auriculate; capsules 1.7-1.9 mm in diameter; seeds 0.8-0.9 mm long; [subgenus Moeroris] | Perennial herbs; stipules of main stems dark brown, auriculate; capsules 1.7-1.9 mm in diameter; seeds 0.8-0.9 mm long; [subgenus Moeroris] | |||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves simple or pinnately to palmately compound, typically not auriculate; if simple and auriculate, then plants usually with a mix of compound and simple cauline leaves and the simple leaves ovate or oblong and never deeply pinnatifid (as in C. clematitis) | Cauline leaves simple or pinnately to palmately compound, typically not auriculate; if simple and auriculate, then plants usually with a mix of compound and simple cauline leaves and the simple leaves ovate or oblong and never deeply pinnatifid (as in C. clematitis) | |||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaves conspicuously or slightly auriculate, always simple; blades elliptic, lanceolate, ovate, or oblong, deeply pinnatifid to entire | Cauline leaves conspicuously or slightly auriculate, always simple; blades elliptic, lanceolate, ovate, or oblong, deeply pinnatifid to entire | |||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaf blade bases auriculate (except B. juncea); terminal silique segment seedless (rarely 1-2-seeded), conic | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Cauline leaf blade bases not auriculate; terminal silique segment 1-5-seeded (sometimes 0). | ||||||
Peperomia | Leaf bases slightly auriculate and clasping/decurrent on the stem, sessile or subsessile (petioles to 3 mm long). | ||||||
Peperomia | Leaf bases slightly auriculate and clasping/decurrent on the stem, sessile or subsessile (petioles to 3 mm long). | ||||||
Symphyotrichum | Stem leaves winged-petiolate (lower, often withering by anthesis) to sessile (upper), often toothed, bases attenuate to auriculate-clasping (main stem leaves mostly > 3 cm long); leaves not crowded, internodes of main stem > 3.5 cm long; arrays eglandular; rays white in some species. | Stem leaves winged-petiolate (lower, often withering by anthesis) to sessile (upper), often toothed, bases attenuate to auriculate-clasping (main stem leaves mostly > 3 cm long); leaves not crowded, internodes of main stem > 3.5 cm long; arrays eglandular; rays white in some species. | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Stem leaves sessile, entire, and cordate- or auriculate-clasping at base (if only rounded or cuneate, then mostly 1-3 cm long); leaves crowded, internodes of main stem < 3.5 cm long (rarely longer in S. patens); plants stipitate-glandular in arrays (on upper stems, leaves, peduncles, bracts, and/or phyllaries; absent in sect. Concolores and sparse to absent in some vars. of S. patens); rays purple, blue, or lavender; [subgenus Virgulus] | Stem leaves sessile, entire, and cordate- or auriculate-clasping at base (if only rounded or cuneate, then mostly 1-3 cm long); leaves crowded, internodes of main stem < 3.5 cm long (rarely longer in S. patens); plants stipitate-glandular in arrays (on upper stems, leaves, peduncles, bracts, and/or phyllaries; absent in sect. Concolores and sparse to absent in some vars. of S. patens); rays purple, blue, or lavender; [subgenus Virgulus] | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Stems pubescent in lines distally (densely hirsute in S. puniceum), plants eglandular; leaves usually toothed, lower winged-petiolate, upper auriculate-clasping or cuneate; [subgenus Symphyotrichum] | Stems pubescent in lines distally (densely hirsute in S. puniceum), plants eglandular; leaves usually toothed, lower winged-petiolate, upper auriculate-clasping or cuneate; [subgenus Symphyotrichum] | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Mid and upper stem leaves elliptic to linear, cuneate or attenuate at base (auriculate-clasping but broader in S. rhiannon, rarely subclasping in other species); ray blades 3-11 (-13) mm; stems and leaf faces glabrous or pubescent. | ||||||
Symphyotrichum | Mid and upper stem leaves mostly linear or linear-lanceolate, nearly parallel-sided or narrowed from near strongly auriculate-clasping base; ray blades (7-) 10-15 (-20) mm; stems and leaf faces glabrous | Mid and upper stem leaves mostly linear or linear-lanceolate, nearly parallel-sided or narrowed from near strongly auriculate-clasping base; ray blades (7-) 10-15 (-20) mm; stems and leaf faces glabrous | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Stem leaves various, not auriculate clasping; inflorescences leafy, often crowded, leaves and bracts gradually reduced (or bracts abruptly reduced, but 5-15+ per peduncle); plants (0.5-) 3-15 dm tall; [widespread in a variety of habitats] | Stem leaves various, not auriculate clasping; inflorescences leafy, often crowded, leaves and bracts gradually reduced (or bracts abruptly reduced, but 5-15+ per peduncle); plants (0.5-) 3-15 dm tall; [widespread in a variety of habitats] | |||||
Symphyotrichum | Stem leaves (below arrays) oblanceolate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, auriculate-clasping; inflorescences open, sparsely bracteate (bracts mostly 1-3 per peduncle, foliaceous), leaves and bracts much reduced in arrays; plants 1.5-4 (-6) dm tall; [ultramafic outcrop barrens, Clay co., NC]; [subsection Symphyotrichum, series Punicei] | Stem leaves (below arrays) oblanceolate-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, auriculate-clasping; inflorescences open, sparsely bracteate (bracts mostly 1-3 per peduncle, foliaceous), leaves and bracts much reduced in arrays; plants 1.5-4 (-6) dm tall; [ultramafic outcrop barrens, Clay co., NC]; [subsection Symphyotrichum, series Punicei] | |||||
Asteraceae | Leaves sessile and auriculate or cordate-clasping | ||||||
Asteraceae | Leaves petiolate or epetiolate but not auriculate or cordate-clasping. | ||||||
Solidago | Petioles of the lower stem leaves sessile (not sheathing, but auriculate-clasping at a ca. 90 degree angle to the stem in S. auriculata); leaves basally disposed, the leaves up the stem not very many and with short internodes in most species; inflorescence cylindric or paniculiform; plants of uplands, bottomlands, and sometimes seasonally saturated wetlands (bogs and fens). | Petioles of the lower stem leaves sessile (not sheathing, but auriculate-clasping at a ca. 90 degree angle to the stem in S. auriculata); leaves basally disposed, the leaves up the stem not very many and with short internodes in most species; inflorescence cylindric or paniculiform; plants of uplands, bottomlands, and sometimes seasonally saturated wetlands (bogs and fens). | |||||
Pulicaria | Plants annual; leaves lanceolate-elliptical amplexicaulous but not auriculate, not greyish-tomentose abaxially; ligules not exceeding involucre by more than 3 mm | Plants annual; leaves lanceolate-elliptical amplexicaulous but not auriculate, not greyish-tomentose abaxially; ligules not exceeding involucre by more than 3 mm | |||||
Pulicaria | Plants perennial with scaly stolons; leaves oblong-lanceolate with auriculate bases, greyish-tomentose abaxially; ligules exceeding involucre by 5 mm or more | Plants perennial with scaly stolons; leaves oblong-lanceolate with auriculate bases, greyish-tomentose abaxially; ligules exceeding involucre by 5 mm or more | |||||
Brassicaceae | Fruit sessile or short-stipitate; cauline leaves usually lobed or at least dentate, the bases auriculate or somewhat clasping; flowers yellow; [non-natives, widespread] | ||||||
Brassicaceae | Fruit stipitate; cauline leaves entire, not auriculate; flowers pink to purple (or white in W. carteri), [natives of sandhills and coastal plain, NC to s. MS] | Fruit stipitate; cauline leaves entire, not auriculate; flowers pink to purple (or white in W. carteri), [natives of sandhills and coastal plain, NC to s. MS] | |||||
Terminalia | Leaf blades 16-35 cm long, with abaxial pit domatia, 9-15 cm wide, the bases often truncate to auriculate; drupes 3.5-7 cm long, with 2 well-developed ridges |
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