Alyssifolia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species.  stem decumbent or tufted; NOT [stem erect] leaves linear to oblong; NOT [leaves awl-shaped] leaves 2-4 mm wide; NOT [leaves less than 2 mm wide] leaves mostly without cobwebby hairs but ciliate on margins; NOT [leaves with cobwebby hairs] tube of corolla much longer than calyx; NOT [tube of corolla slightly longer than calyx] tube of corolla more than 12 mm long

 

Phlox: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.  plants perennial; NOT [plants annual] plants forming dense tufts or mats leaves mostly opposite leaves simple, entire

Polemoniaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.  herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees] plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, without chlorophyll] plants without milky juice plants not twining corolla regular; NOT [corolla irregular] stamens alternating with corolla lobes, or twice their number; NOT [stamens directly in front of corolla lobes] stamens 4 or 5; NOT [stamens 8 or 10] style terminal; NOT [style from center of lobes of ovary] ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior] ovary 3-celled; NOT [ovary 2-celled], NOT [ovary 1-celled] ovary with seeds born on axis in center of cell; NOT [ovary with seeds borne on wall of cell] fruit a capsule; NOT [fruit a berry], NOT [fruit with 4 nutlets]