PLUMBAGINACEAK— PRIM U LAC 



a. St< 



( 1) Upper leavi - m ; ::: 



1 2 > Le&\ - scattered, no1 whiti 



b. Stems prostrate, or 1 3 dm. high 



(1) S 



I hairy 



- smooth 

 Seeds wrinkled and pith d 

 y. Seeds strongly wrinkled, i 



(2) Si . 2-3 dm. high ; lr : , 



zed i"! 



Shrub; leaves oval 



Primulales Primrose Order 



Plumbaginaceae— Leadwort Family 

 Herbs or woody plants with entin 

 5, opposite the petals, .vary I -celled, stigmas 5, fruit a nti 

 times apopetalous, hypogynous, regular. 



1. Stems leafy; corolla with a long tube 



2. Sums leafless; corolla of nearly or quiti 



Pluml Iwort 



(Lat. plumbum, !• 



1. Shrubby, climbing; l( liate; Bowers li^'lit blue 



2. Low bushy herb; leaves ciliate, flowers deep blue 



Armeria- -Thrift 



1 1. .it. fm in ( .f i 



Stems tufted, with narrow entire leaves; fli 



Primulaceae — Primrose Family 



Herbs with simple leavi 



1-celled, stigma 1, ca 

 usually regular. 



1. Flowering stems leafless 



a. Flowers in an umbel, erect 



b. Flowers single, invert'' 1 



2. Flowering stems leafy 



a. Flowers yellow 



b. Flowers red, blue or white 



Primula — Prii 



i I. at, primus, spring, 



1. Flowers pink to pur] 



a. Leaves round i 



b. Leaves spatulate, no( lob< 



2. Flowers yellow to red 



a. Flowers 1-2 cm. wide, dr< 



b. Flowers 2-4 cm. wide; corolla limb flat 



(1) Leaves thick, ? 8 cm. I 



(2) Leaves thinner, 1-2 dm. 



(a) Flowers 



(b) Flowers on It 



