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ROSACEAE 



Lopanthus — Giant Hyssop 



(Gr. lophos, crest, anthos, flower) 



1. Corolla yellowish; calyx nearly equalling corolla 



2. Corolla blue or purple 



a. Leaves white beneath, anise-scented 



b. Leaves green beneath, not anise-scented 



Nepeta — Catnip, Gill 



(Lat. name of the catnip) 



1. Erect; leaves oblong; flowers whitish 



2. Creeping; leaves round; flowers blue 



Satureia — Savory 



(Lat. name of the savory, Gr. satyrion) 

 Leaves oblong-linear; flowers small, purplish 



Lamium — Dead-nettle, Henbit 



(Gr. lamia, throat, referring to the gaping corolla) 



1. Corolla red or purplish; upper leaves sessile 



2. Corolla white ; leaves petioled 



Stachys — Hedge Xettle 



(Gr. stachys, spike, referring to the flower cluster) 



1. Leaves sessile or short-petioled 



2. Leaves distinctly petioled 



/.. ncpeloides 



L. tini silt us 



L. scrophularifolius 



N. cataria 

 -V. glechoma 



S. hortensis 



amplexicdule 



album 



palustris 

 dspera 



Rosales Rose Order 



Rosaceae — Rose Family 



Herbs or woody plants, with alternate leaves; sepals usually 5, sometimes 4 or apparently twice 

 the number, petals usually 5, stamens 4-many, pistils separate, 1-many, or 2-5, united, fruit various ; 

 flower apocarpous or syncarpous, apopetalous, or apetalous, perigynous, regular. 



1. Flowers large, 3-many cm. wide; shrubs with pinnate leaves 



2. Flowers small to medium, 1-3 cm. wide 



a. Petals present 



( 1 ) Flowers yellow to red 



(a) Styles long and hairy, persisting on the fruit 



(b) Styles short, inconspicuous 



(2) Flowers white to pink 



(a) Herbs; clusters few-flowered 



(b) Shrubs; clusters many-flowered 



b. Petals absent ; calyx lobes petal-like 



Kosa — Rose 



(Lat. rosa, Gr. rhodon, rose) 

 Leaflets thick, wrinkled; stem densely prickly 



Geum — Avens 



(Gr. ceuma, taste, perhaps from the root) 

 Stem leaves 3-parted ; flowers panicled, red 



Rosa 



Geum 

 Potentilla 



Fragaria 

 Spu i 



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R. 



rugosa 



coccineum 



Potentilla — Potentilla, Cinqfoil, Five-finger 



(Lat. potens, powerful, from reputed medical properties) 



1. Shrubs; leaflets 5-7, hairy; flowers lJ^-3 cm. wide p. jrutuosa 



2. Herbs; flowers Y2-\ l / 2 cm. wide 



a. Leaflets 5, silvery white below; plants spreading />. argentea 



b. Leaflets 3, hairy on both sides, not silvery; erect P. monspeliensis normig- 



ica 



Fragaria — Strawberry 



tl.at. fragum, strawberry) 

 Leaves thick, hairy; flower stalks shorter than the leaves F. virginiana 



