Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee : Arranged According to the Natural System |
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2-celled 5-cleft 5-lobed Achenia achenium acute albumen anthers apex awl-shaped axillary axils base beak bracts branches bristles calyx carpels catkins cell clusters common corolla corymbed culm cymes deciduous dense downy drupe elongated embryo entire erect fertile filaments flat fleshy flowers frond fruit glabrous globular glumes hairy heads heart-shaped herbs Illinois imbricated indusium involucre lanceolate leaflets leafy leaves length linear lobes longer loose lower palet many-flowered margins membranaceous Michx minute naked Name narrow nearly northward Nutt oblong oblong-lanceolate obovate obtuse oval ovary ovate ovate-lanceolate ovoid ovules panicle Pappus pedicels peduncles Penn perennial Perianth perigynia petals petioles pinnate pistillate plant pods pubescent purple Pursh racemes rarely rootstocks scales scape seeds sepals serrate sessile sheaths short shorter shrubs slender smooth species spikelets spikes spreading stalk Stamens Stem sterile stigma stipules style summit tapering terminal toothed Torr umbel upper Virginia and southward whorled Wisconsin woods yellow