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

	leaves mostly linear-lanceolate; NOT [leaves mostly oval]
	leaves acute; NOT [leaves obtuse]
	flowers in small cymules borne near the top of the plant; NOT [flowers commonly 3, in cymules from the axils of the middle leaves]
	flowers whitish; NOT [flowers bronze or greenish]
	sepals much longer than wide; NOT [sepals triangular, about as long as wide]
	fruit greenish; NOT [fruit scarlet]
	fruit dry; NOT [fruit juicy]

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

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	land plants; NOT [water plants]
	plants not parasitic on trees, rooted in soil; NOT [plants parasitic on branches of trees]
	plants with more than one pair of leaves; NOT [plants with a single pair of large reniform leaves]
	leaves alternate, lower ones sometimes opposite; NOT [leaves opposite]
	leaves without stipules; NOT [leaves with stipules free or sheathing the stem]
	flowers with only one floral ring, with sepals but not petals]
	stamens and pistils in each flower; NOT [stamens or pistils in separate flowers on the same plant]
	fruit fleshy when ripe; NOT [fruit dry when ripe]