Key to Loeseliastrum

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(For a list of species in Loeseliastrum, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Corolla 5–8 mm; 

leaf 

Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).

 

entire 

Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).

to ± toothed, teeth 

acute 

Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle.

to pointed ..... L. depressum

1' Corolla 8–21 mm; leaf coarsely toothed, teeth bristle-tipped

2. Corolla 11–21 mm, upper lip 3/4 to > tube; longer stamens > upper lip; calyx (except bristles) 1/2–3/4 corolla tube ..... L. matthewsii

2' Corolla 8–15 mm, upper lip generally 1/2–3/4 tube; longer stamens < upper lip; calyx (except bristles) > 3/4 corolla tube ..... L. schottii

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