Key to Achlys

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

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1. Central 

leaflet 

A leaf-like unit of a compound leaf; distinguished from a leaf by the absence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; lacking lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (leaf 1-compound, with primary leaflets) or compound (leaf 2-compound, with primary and secondary leaflets; 3-compound, with primary, secondary, and tertiary leaflets, etc).

(3)6–8(12)-lobed, 7–16 cm, 8–17 cm wide; stamens 4–6 mm; ovary 1.5–2 mm; fruit brown ..... A. californica

1' Central leaflet 3(5)-lobed, 4–11 cm, 4–8 cm wide; stamens 3–4 mm; ovary 1–1.5 mm; fruit red-purple ..... A. triphylla subsp. triphylla

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