Mertensia paniculata
 
Tall Lungwort

Middle Stem Leaf Bottom, Close-Up

Duck Mountain Provincial Park
25-June-2007

Note the scattered pubescence.

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Paniculata: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF) and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this species. 
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plants 30-70 cm high; NOT [plants 10-30 cm high] (BF)

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plant usually more than 40 cm high; NOT [plant usually less than 40 cm high] (FOA)

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plants pubescent; NOT [plants entirely glabrous]

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stems pubescent; NOT [stems glabrous]

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stem leaves 5-15 cm long; NOT [stem leaves 2-10 cm long]

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stem leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate; NOT [stem leaves oblong to lanceolate]

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cauline leaves with distinct lateral veins; NOT [cauline leaves without distinct lateral veins]

 

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Mertensia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF) and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus. 
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plants smaller than to 1 m high

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plants usually rough-hairy; NOT [plants glabrous] (FOA)

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leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite or in whorls of 3]

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flowers in cymes; NOT [flowers axillary]

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flowers in non-leafy cymes, with or without small bracts; NOT [flowers in leafy cymes]

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cymes bractless or only the lowest flowers with bracts; NOT [cymes bracteolate to the tip]

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flowers several-many; NOT [flowers mostly solitary (2-4)]

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inflorescence more or less congested; NOT [inflorescence elongate, flowers distant]

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flowers smaller than 12-18 mm long (BF)

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flowers blue; NOT [flowers white, yellow, purplish or reddish purple]

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corolla tubular-funnelform; NOT [corolla rotate]

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corolla 1 cm long or more; NOT [corolla less than 1 cm long]

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ovary deeply 4-lobed, the style arising from the center between the lobes; NOT [ovary merely grooved, the style arising from the summit of the ovary]

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nutlets lacking hooked prickles

 

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Boraginaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants NOT twining

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plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, without chlorophyll]

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plants WITHOUT milky juice

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flowers NOT in heads or spikes; NOT [flowers in long or short spikes], NOT [flowers in heads or in form resembling a head]

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inflorescence usually scorpioid

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flowers with two floral rings, but with the petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell]

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corolla regular; NOT [corolla irregular]

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stamens alternating with corolla lobes, or twice their number; NOT [stamens directly in front of corolla lobes]

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stamens 4 or 5; NOT [stamens 8 or 10]

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ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]

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styles from center of lobes of ovary; NOT [style terminal]

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fruit with 4 nutlets; NOT [fruit a berry or capsule]