Key

Taxon:
Display:
Plant
  stature
   prostrate
   erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
Inflorescence
  type
   solitary
   head/capitate/glomerules
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   yellow
  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
  Fruit Dehiscence
   dehiscent (splits open)
   indehiscent
  mature fruit dehiscence
   opening along 1-2 seams
   does not split open to release seed
Stem & Twigs
  succulent vs non-succulent
   succulent
   not succulent

Ecosystematic Survey of Ocracoke Island

Smith, Craig Allyn
Species Count: 2

Asteraceae

Plantaginaceae