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Aeschynomene
Erect or ascending annual; leaves with 21-51 or more leaflets; stipules peltate or medifixed; loment articles separated by only a joint; calyx bilabiate; [of moist to wet habitats].
Erect or ascending annual; leaves with 21-51 or more leaflets; stipules peltate or medifixed; loment articles separated by only a joint; calyx bilabiate; [of moist to wet habitats].
Euphorbia
Bracteal leaves lobed or toothed (rarely linear), usually marked with red or white at the base or purple-spotted; glands of the cyathia usually 1 (rarely more), bilabiate, lacking petaloid appendages; [subgenus Chamaesyce; section Poinsettia]
Bracteal leaves lobed or toothed (rarely linear), usually marked with red or white at the base or purple-spotted; glands of the cyathia usually 1 (rarely more), bilabiate, lacking petaloid appendages; [subgenus Chamaesyce; section Poinsettia]
Euphorbia
Bracteal leaves entire, not marked with red (white-margined in E. marginata); glands of the cyathia 4-5, flattish, not bilabiate, with or without petaloid appendages.
Bracteal leaves entire, not marked with red (white-margined in E. marginata); glands of the cyathia 4-5, flattish, not bilabiate, with or without petaloid appendages.
Plantaginaceae
Corolla distinctly bilabiate; corolla lobes shorter than the corolla tube; leaves pinnately veined, with a single main-vein and lateral veins diverging along it, margins serrate; of moist habitats, not succulent
Corolla distinctly bilabiate; corolla lobes shorter than the corolla tube; leaves pinnately veined, with a single main-vein and lateral veins diverging along it, margins serrate; of moist habitats, not succulent
Penstemon
Corolla weakly bilabiate, white, unlined, glandular-puberulent within; stem leaves abruptly reduced upwards
Corolla weakly bilabiate, white, unlined, glandular-puberulent within; stem leaves abruptly reduced upwards
Penstemon
Corolla strongly bilabiate, white or variously pinkish to purplish, lined (except P. hirsutus and P. tenuiflorus), glabrous or pubescent with non-glandular hairs within; stem leaves gradually reduced upwards.
Corolla strongly bilabiate, white or variously pinkish to purplish, lined (except P. hirsutus and P. tenuiflorus), glabrous or pubescent with non-glandular hairs within; stem leaves gradually reduced upwards.
Lamiaceae
Corolla zygomorphic (bilabiate).
Lamiaceae
Corolla 5-7 mm long, not much longer than the calyx, weakly bilabiate and lacking an annulus
Corolla 5-7 mm long, not much longer than the calyx, weakly bilabiate and lacking an annulus
Lamiaceae
Corolla bilabiate, >10 mm long
Corolla bilabiate, >10 mm long
Lamiaceae
Calyx clearly bilabiate; corollas 7-15 mm long
Calyx clearly bilabiate; corollas 7-15 mm long
Lamiaceae
Calyx scarcely bilabiate; corollas 5-7 mm long
Calyx scarcely bilabiate; corollas 5-7 mm long
Lamiaceae
Bracts broadly rounded; corolla distinctly bilabiate; plants 1-3 m tall
Bracts broadly rounded; corolla distinctly bilabiate; plants 1-3 m tall
Lamiaceae
Flowers in densely capitate or loosely flowered terminal clusters, corolla distinctly bilabiate.
Flowers in densely capitate or loosely flowered terminal clusters, corolla distinctly bilabiate.
Pycnanthemum
Calyx not distinctly bilabiate, all of the calyx lobes about the same length, the sinuses about the same depth.
Calyx not distinctly bilabiate, all of the calyx lobes about the same length, the sinuses about the same depth.
Pycnanthemum
Calyx distinctly bilabiate, the lower 2 lobes 1.5-2.5× longer than the upper 3 lobes, and separated from each other and the upper 3 lobes by deeper sinuses.
Calyx distinctly bilabiate, the lower 2 lobes 1.5-2.5× longer than the upper 3 lobes, and separated from each other and the upper 3 lobes by deeper sinuses.
Orobanchaceae
Calyx 4-lobed or essentially unlobed; corolla strongly bilabiate, the upper lip consisting of 2 petals almost wholly connate and strongly cucullate (hooded); corolla white or yellow; [tribe Rhinantheae].
Calyx 4-lobed or essentially unlobed; corolla strongly bilabiate, the upper lip consisting of 2 petals almost wholly connate and strongly cucullate (hooded); corolla white or yellow; [tribe Rhinantheae].
Plantae
Stamens 4; petals white, pink, or lavender; flowers bilabiate; inflorescence a terminal thyrse or panicle or an axillary cyme.
Stamens 4; petals white, pink, or lavender; flowers bilabiate; inflorescence a terminal thyrse or panicle or an axillary cyme.
Plantae
Corolla bilaterally symmetrical (or the corolla 2-lipped but the corolla lobes twisted so as to make the flower asymmetrical); fertile stamens fewer than the corolla lobes (except Plantago in PLANTAGINACEAE, which is equal, with 4 each; a few genera have a 5th, sterile, stamen which is obviously different in form than the 4 fertile stamens) (note that many corollas are bilabiate and the number of corolla lobes, 4 or 5, may be difficult to interpret); carpels 2.
Corolla bilaterally symmetrical (or the corolla 2-lipped but the corolla lobes twisted so as to make the flower asymmetrical); fertile stamens fewer than the corolla lobes (except Plantago in PLANTAGINACEAE, which is equal, with 4 each; a few genera have a 5th, sterile, stamen which is obviously different in form than the 4 fertile stamens) (note that many corollas are bilabiate and the number of corolla lobes, 4 or 5, may be difficult to interpret); carpels 2.
Plantae
Corolla bilaterally symmetrical (or the corolla 2-lipped but the corolla lobes twisted so as to make the flower asymmetrical); fertile stamens fewer than the corolla lobes (except Plantago in PLANTAGINACEAE, which is equal, with 4 each; a few genera have a 5th, sterile, stamen which is obviously different in form than the 4 fertile stamens) (note that many corollas are bilabiate and the number of corolla lobes, 4 or 5, may be difficult to interpret); carpels 2.
Corolla bilaterally symmetrical (or the corolla 2-lipped but the corolla lobes twisted so as to make the flower asymmetrical); fertile stamens fewer than the corolla lobes (except Plantago in PLANTAGINACEAE, which is equal, with 4 each; a few genera have a 5th, sterile, stamen which is obviously different in form than the 4 fertile stamens) (note that many corollas are bilabiate and the number of corolla lobes, 4 or 5, may be difficult to interpret); carpels 2.
Plantae
Corolla 4-5-lobed, either strongly bilabiate or salverform (Pseuderanthemum in ACANTHACEAE); white, blue, or yellow.
Corolla 4-5-lobed, either strongly bilabiate or salverform (Pseuderanthemum in ACANTHACEAE); white, blue, or yellow.
Plantae
Corolla distinctly bilabiate, the lobes shorter than the tube; sepals of nearly the same width.
Corolla distinctly bilabiate, the lobes shorter than the tube; sepals of nearly the same width.
Plantae
Corolla 5-lobed, distinctly bilabiate or in some nearly radially symmetrical; corolla colored.
Corolla 5-lobed, distinctly bilabiate or in some nearly radially symmetrical; corolla colored.
Plantae
Corolla distinctly bilabiate
Corolla distinctly bilabiate
Plantae
Corolla not bilabiate, only slightly bilaterally symmetrical.
Corolla not bilabiate, only slightly bilaterally symmetrical.
Plantae
Corolla pink (sometimes almost white), often lined with yellow inside; leaves narrowly linear, often filiform (except lanceolate in A. auriculata); plants usually blackening on drying (some species do not); corolla not strongly bilabiate
Corolla pink (sometimes almost white), often lined with yellow inside; leaves narrowly linear, often filiform (except lanceolate in A. auriculata); plants usually blackening on drying (some species do not); corolla not strongly bilabiate
Plantae
Corolla white, blue, or combinations of blue and white (sometimes with some yellow markings); leaves broader, mostly lanceolate; plants not blackening on drying; corolla strongly bilabiate.
Corolla white, blue, or combinations of blue and white (sometimes with some yellow markings); leaves broader, mostly lanceolate; plants not blackening on drying; corolla strongly bilabiate.
Pycnanthemum
Calyx not distinctly bilabiate, all of the calyx lobes about the same length, the sinuses about the same depth.
Calyx not distinctly bilabiate, all of the calyx lobes about the same length, the sinuses about the same depth.
Pycnanthemum
Calyx distinctly bilabiate, the lower 2 lobes 1.5-2.5× longer than the upper 3 lobes, and separated from each other and the upper 3 lobes by deeper sinuses
Calyx distinctly bilabiate, the lower 2 lobes 1.5-2.5× longer than the upper 3 lobes, and separated from each other and the upper 3 lobes by deeper sinuses
Plantaginaceae
Plants with prominent basal leaves and reduced, sub-whorled, cauline leaves; petals yellow, bilabiate; fruit a loculicidal capsule; [s. OH w. to s. IL, northward]
Plants with prominent basal leaves and reduced, sub-whorled, cauline leaves; petals yellow, bilabiate; fruit a loculicidal capsule; [s. OH w. to s. IL, northward]
Plantaginaceae
Plants with leaves usually all basal; petals scarious and translucent in texture, not bilabiate; fruit a circumsessile dehiscent capsule (i.e. a lid-bearing pyxide); [collectively widespread]
Plants with leaves usually all basal; petals scarious and translucent in texture, not bilabiate; fruit a circumsessile dehiscent capsule (i.e. a lid-bearing pyxide); [collectively widespread]


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