Pterospora andromedea
 
Pine Drops

Lower Stem

West Block, Cypress Hills
23-July-2006

Note that the leaves are reduced to yellow-brown scales.

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Pterospora: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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stem with an enlarged bulb-like base

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stem sticky

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petals united; NOT [petals distinct]

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raceme 1-3 dm long; NOT [flowers solitary or in a short raceme]

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anthers with deflexed awns; NOT [anthers awnless]

 

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

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plants growing out of soil or attached to roots of other plants; NOT [plants twining and attached to stems of other plants]

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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 2-lipped]

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stamens 6-10; NOT [stamens 4]