Lanceolatum: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF) and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this species. 

	leaves terete; NOT [leaves flattened]
	leaves narrowed at the base; NOT [leaves broadened at the base]
	leaves less than 3 mm wide; NOT [leaves mostly more than 5 mm wide]
	leaves green or reddish; NOT [leaves becoming scarious or brown]
	cauline leaves alternate; NOT [cauline leaves mostly opposite]
	cauline leaves about 10 mm long; NOT [stem leaves less than 5 mm long] (BF)
	cauline leaves linear to linear-lanceolate; NOT [cauline leaves broadly oval to orbicular]
	cauline leaves not bulbiferous; NOT [cauline leaves bulbiferous in upper part of the stem]
	cauline leaves deciduous in drying; NOT [cauline leaves persistent in drying]
	inflorescence lacking bulblets; NOT [inflorescence with bulblets partly replacing flowers]
	follicles erect; NOT [follicles widely divergent]

Sedum: Answers to key questions in Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

	flower parts in whorls of 5; NOT [flower parts in whorls of 4 or 5]
	flowers perfect; NOT [flowers often imperfect]
	petals bright yellow; NOT [petals purple]

Crassulaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]
	plants NOT with colored milky juice
	plants with more than one normal leaf
	some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]
	leaves without stipules, or having glands; NOT [leaves with stipules]
	fleshy-leaved plants
	flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others]
	calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]
	sepals 3-5; NOT [sepals 2]
	none of petals or sepals spurred; NOT [one sepal petal-like and spurred]
	stamens 8-10; NOT [stamens 5], NOT [stamens usually more than 10]
	stamens NOT united at base
	ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]
	carpels 3-5; NOT [carpels 1 or 2]
	fruit not explosive; NOT [fruit an explosive capsule]