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Family |
Barkworth's Handy
Hints |
| 1 |
1 |
Asteraceae |
Inflorescence a head |
| 2 |
2 |
Poaceae |
Blade, ligule, sheath - sheath usually open. Round stems |
| 3 |
3 |
Brassicaceae |
Four petals, 6 stamens;
fruit silique or silicle |
| 4 |
4 |
Cyperaceae |
Drab flowers, spirally
arranged; 3-angled stems |
| 5 |
5 |
Fabaceae |
"Pea type flower":
Upper and 2 side petals separate, lower 2 petals lightly
fused around the sexual parts; fruit a legume (i.e., a pea
pod) |
| 6 |
6 |
Scrophulariaceae |
Corolla united, bilaterally
symmetric; ovary superior; stamens usually <5 |
| 7 |
6 |
Rosaceae |
Many stamens, hypanthium,
often stipules |
| 8 |
7 |
Ranunculaceae |
Many stamens, no
hypanthium, no stipules, usually >1 pistil |
| 9 |
8 |
Boraginaceae |
Corolla united, radially
symmetric; fruit 4 nutlets |
| 10 |
9 |
Caryophyllaceae |
Corolla of separate
petals, radially symmetric; style divided to ovary; leaves
opposite |
| 11 |
10 |
Apiaceae |
Inflorescence an
umbel; swollen petiole base; inferior ovary; leaves alternate;
herbaceous |
| 12 |
10 |
Polygonaceae |
Perianth whorls poorly
differentiated; sheathing stipules; fruit a 3-sided achene |
| 13 |
11 |
Liliaceae |
6 poorly differentiated
perianth segments; 6 stamens; superior ovary |
| 14 |
12 |
Chenopodiaceae |
Perianth absent or
neglible at flowering time, calyx sometimes conspicuous
in fruit; 2 style branches; "mealy" deposits;
often in alkaline soils |
| 15 |
13 |
Onagraceae |
Four separate petals,
often on a hypanthium; 8 stamens; inferior ovary |
| 16 |
14 |
Lamiaceae |
Corolla united, bilaterally
symmetric; fruit 4 nutlets; smelly; leaves opposite, stems
square |
| 17 |
15 |
Polemoniaceae |
Corolla united, radially
symmetric; style 3-branched at top; ovary with 3-locules |
| 18 |
16 |
Salicaceae |
Catkins; dioecious;
fruit a capsule with lots of seeds each with tufts of hairs;
stipules (but they fall off) |
| 19 |
17 |
Juncaceae |
Grasslike plants
but with a perianth of 6 parts and 3 style branches. |
| 20 |
17 |
Caprifoliaceae |
Corolla united, slightly
to strongly bilaterally symmetric; leaves opposite; plants
woody |
| 21 |
18 |
Saxifragaceae |
Naked stem with panicle,
all leaves basal. Corolla of 5 separate petals; stamens
10 or fewer; hypanthium |
| 22 |
19 |
Orchidaceae |
Corolla of 6 parts,
bilaterally symmetric; ovary inferior; no obvious stamens |
| 23 |
20 |
Solanaceae |
Corolla united, usually
radially symmetric; calyx united, at least at the base;
ovary superior; style not branched; ovary with 2 locules |
| 24 |
21 |
Malvaceae |
Stamens lots, united
by their filaments into a tube. Often with stellate hairs. |
| 25 |
21 |
Euphorbiaceae |
Weird! We have only
Euphorbia. Look for a 3-lobed capsule topped by a
3-lobed stigma protruding from a cyathium |
| 31 |
28 |
Hydrophyllaceae |
Corolla united, radially
symmetric; ovary superior; style with 2 branches; calyx
of separate sepals |
| 32 |
29 |
Gentianaceae |
Corolla united, radially
symmetric; style unbranched; ovary with 1 locule |
| 36 |
31 |
Grossulariaceae |
Hypanthium; petals
smaller or less colorful than sepals; ovary inferior |
| 37 |
31 |
Violaceae |
Corolla of separate
petals, bilaterally symmetric, spurred; weird anthers. |
| 41 |
33 |
Asclepiadaceae |
Weird flower - think
pentagon; milky juice; fruit a capsule with lots of seeds,
each with a tuft of hairs |
| 43 |
33 |
Geraniaceae |
Corolla of separate
petals, radially symmetric; 5 style branches, 15 stamens;
styles elongate in fruit |
| 45 |
33 |
Betulaceae |
Staminate flowers
in catkins; pistillate flowers in all kinds of arrangement
but no evident perianth; plants woody, monoecious |
| 50 |
34 |
Valerianaceae |
Corolla united, bilaterally
symmetric; ovary inferior; plants herbaceous; calyx gorgeous
in fruit |