216. 
8. Leaves glabrous or minutely puberulent. 
Expected (S. puberula, S. erecta). 
5. Branches of panicle recurved, panicle nodding at 
summit; heads borne on the upper side of the 
branches. 
10. Salt marsh habitat.........essseeeeees sees S. sempervirens 
10. Terrestrial habitat. 
11. Cauline leaves rapidly decreasing in 
size upward; basal rosettes usually 
present; cauline leaves 5 to 40. 
12. Leaves sharply serrate; 
petioles winged, ciliate; 
plant otherwise glabrous 
OGTSCADEOUSI.) 6% aaieleexelsie se vlesieiese cece. S. juncea 
12. Leaves crenate to subentire; 
petioles wingless; stems and 
leaves with dense grayish 
puberulence....... sfefote sxole slevste sfsheferehe “Oi DeMOnalas, 
11. Cauline leaves very gradually 
decreasing in size upward; basal 
rosettes absent; cauline leaves 
20 to over 100. 
13. Leaves pinnately nerved, 
without 2 conspicuously 
prolonged lateral nerves. 
14. Stem glabrous or nearly 
so, or puberulent only 
in lines. Expected (S. odora, 
Ss jelliottii),. 
14. Stem villous or scabrous- 
pubescent throughout. 
(Also, conspicuous leafy 
bracts present on branches 
Of PanicHO)). ./Meksctoiet a Meee soon Luposa 
13. Leaves with 2 conspicuously 
prolonged lateral nerves, 
plus the midrib. 
