COLOR KEY 



3. Petals or petal-like sepals normally 5. Corolla saticer-llke or fiat 



Hepatica. White, also pink, blue, lavender; frequently more 



than five petal-Uke sepals. Two species, distinguished by 



the shape of leaf. Hepatica. 

 Anemone. White, dehcately tinted with pink outside. Anemone 



nemorosa, var. quinquefolia. 

 Meadow Rue Anemone. White, sometimes tinted with pink; 



often more than five petal-Hke sepals. Syndesmon thalictroides. 

 IsoPYRUM. Usually five petal-hke sepals. Isopyrum hiternatum. 

 White Baneberry. Petals sometimes fewer than five; drop 



quickly. Actcea alba. 

 MiTELLA. Petals finely cut. Mitella diphylla. 

 TiARELLA. Flowers in a crowded raceme. Tiarella cordifolia. 

 Early Saxifrage. Flowers in loose, flattish clusters. Saxijraga 



Virginiensis. 

 Chickweed. Petals deeply cut. Stcllaria media. 

 Strawberries. Two species; flowers very like those of culti- 

 vated Strawberries. Fragaria. 

 Wild Sarsaparilla. White flowers in an umbel. Aralia nudi- 



caulis. 

 Dwarf Ginseng. Flowers in an umbel-hke head. Panax tri- 



folium. 

 Harbinger-of-Spring. Very early; flowers in small umbels. 



Erigenia hulhosa. 

 Downy Sweet Cicely. Flowers minute, small clusters at top 



of stem. Washingtonia claytoni. Osmorrhiza hrevistylis. 



B. Corolla irregular ; petals dissimilar. 1,2,3,4 



I. Violet-shape; petals 5 



Sweet White Violet. Found in two forms. Viola hlanda. 

 Lance-Lea\^d Violet. Viola lanceolata. 

 Primrose-Leaved Violet. Viola primidcefolia. 

 Cream Violet. Cream, with dark stripes. Viola striata. 

 Canada Violet. White often flushed with blue. Viola Cana- 

 densis. 



2. Modified pea-shape ; petals 5 



White Clover. White, often pinkish. Trifolium repens. 

 Carolina Vetch. White with bluish keel. Vicia CaroliniaiMs 



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