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Key to Cyrilla

Cyrillaceae

Cyrilla

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1 Leaves mostly 5-10 cm long, mostly 1-2 (-4) cm wide; racemes mostly 10-18 cm long; [of various wetland habitats, widespread in our area]
1 Leaves mostly 0.8-4 cm long, 0.5-1 (-1.4) cm wide; racemes mostly 3-9 cm long; [flatwoods ponds, bogs, and stringers, or xeric sands of Florida scrub, s. GA and se. AL southward to Panhandle and c. peninsular FL].
  2 Racemes mostly 3-5.5 cm long; leaves 0.8-3.5 cm long, 2-6 mm wide, 4-6× as long as wide, widest near or slightly past the middle, the apex acute to acuminate; sepals lanceolate; anthers notched between the sacs at either end; branches mostly ascending at acute angles; [xeric sands, endemic to Highlands County, FL]
  2 Racemes mostly 6-9 cm long; leaves 1.5-4.0 cm long, 7-10 mm wide, 3-4× as long as wide, widest about 1/4 of the way from the leaf tip, the apex obtuse to acute; sepals ovate; anthers apiculate at either end; branches mostly spreading; [flatwoods ponds and stringers, or xeric sands of Florida scrub, s. GA and se. AL southward to Panhandle and c. peninsular FL];