44 (4^3) Leaves linear, entire, primary ones 1.5-3 cm 

 long, rough above, scattered short white 

 hairs; racemes 2-10 flowered, purple; fruit 

 a subglobose capsule, plants of wet areas 

 back of dunes and edges of the tidal marsh. 



Gerardia maritima, 



Seaside Gerardia 



Figure 46. — Stem and node with leaves 



44 (43) Leaves lanceolate 45 



45 (4-4) Leaves entire, crowded on stem, cordate clasp- 

 ing at base; flowers regular in long terminal 

 racemes, magenta; plants of the freshwater 



marsh border or brackish marsh Lythrum salicaria, 



Spiked Loosestrife 



Figure 47. — Stem and leaf XL 



45 (H) Leaves not entire. 



46 



46 (45) Leaves lanceolate to narrowly 

 ovate, merely serrate on edges; 

 flowers purplish, irregular, deeply 

 cleft into two parts; in terminal 



racemes Teucrium canadense, 



Wood Sage 



Figure 48.— Leaf XL 



46 (4-5) Leaves broadly lanceolate to narrowly 

 ovate, serrate-dentate; flowers whitish, 

 small, regular in whorls at the nodes, plant 



of dunes and marsh border Lycopus rubellus, 



Bugleweed (look for other species) 



Figure 49.— Leaf XL 



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