Key

Taxon:
Display:
Plant
  habit
   shrubs
   herbaceous
  special groups
   composites
   dicots
   monocots
  leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
Leaves
  leaf attachment
   leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
   sheathing
  leaf (leaflet) margin
   toothed
   lobed
  fleshy or succulent leaves
   fleshy/succulent
   not fleshy/succulent
Inflorescence
  type
   raceme
   head/capitate/glomerules
   panicle
Flower
  corolla (petal) fusion
   petals separate
   fused, at least toward base
  number of fertile stamens
   5
   6
  ovary position
   sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
   sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
  mature fruit dehiscence
   opening along 3 to many seams
   does not split open to release seed

A Floristic Survey of Sumter National Forest, Oconee County, S.C.

Gettman, Robert W.
Species Count: 3

Asparagaceae

Asteraceae

Melanthiaceae