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Key to Polygalaceae

Polygalaceae

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(c) Ward, Scott G
1 Corolla keel petal blunt, lacking a terminal crest or beak.
(c) Montes de Oca, Joseph - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
  2 Calyx persistent in fruit; lower 2 sepals connate for ca. 3/4 of their length; [se. LA and eastwards]
(c) Wrens, Sequoia Janirella - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
  2 Calyx deciduous in fruit; lower 2 sepals separate; [TX and westwards]
(c) Stuart, Will
1 Corolla keel petal appendaged, with a terminal beak (conic or cylindric), or a lobed, tufted, or fringed crest.
(c) Gentilcore, Dominic - CC-BY
    3 Corolla keel petal with a conic or cylindrical beak; [TX and westwards]
(c) Stuart, Will
(c) Campos, Aidan
    3 Corolla keel petal with a lobed, tufted, or fringed crest; [widespread in our region].
(c) Danielson, Erik
(c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
      4 Flowers axillary; perennial herb or subshrub, from a creeping rhizome; well-developed leaves 3-6 (some scales also present), clustered near the tip of each aerial stem; wing sepals (10-) 13-20 mm long; stamens usually 6 in chasmogamous flowers
(c) Ward, Scott G
(c) Ward, Scott G
(c) Bradley, Keith
      4 Flowers in terminal spikes, racemes, or corymbs; annual, biennial, or perennial herbs (if perennial, then from a crown); well-developed leaves > 6 per stem, well-distributed on the stem, or basally disposed (the largest leaves basal, reducing in size upwards, the basal leaves sometimes withering later in the growing season; wing sepals 1-9 (-10) mm long; stamens usually 8 in chasmogamous flowers.