1 "Plant generally aquatic, or plants in wet soil or mud" 2
1 "Plant generally terrestrial, generally of drier habitats" 6
2 "Corolla and calyx clearly present; plants in wet soil or mud" 3
2 "Corolla 0; calyx generally 0, except occasionally present as minute rim on ovary; plants aquatic" 5
3 "Stamens 4, staminode 0" Bacopa
3 "Stamens 2, staminodes 2 (forming corolla throat ridges and with free, forked, filament-like tips in Lindernia)" 4
4 "Distal leaves scale-like; corolla 4--7 mm" Dopatrium
4 "Distal leaves lanceolate to ovate; corolla 7--10 mm" Lindernia
5 "Leaves generally opposite; ovary superior, styles 2" Callitriche
5 "Leaves in whorls of 6--12; ovary inferior, style 1" "Hippuris {Hippuris vulgaris}"
6 "Corolla dry, scarious, translucent, persistent in fruit; leaves generally basal, veins generally +- parallel; fruit circumscissile" Plantago
6 "Corolla of petal-like texture, variously colored, but not scarious or translucent, generally not persistent in fruit; leaves basal or basal and cauline, veins generally pinnate or palmate; fruit generally not circumscissile" 7
7 "Leaves generally alternate (except proximal generally opposite in Antirrhinum, Cymbalaria, Mohavea, Pseudorontium; proximal-most opposite on seedlings in Maurandella), not all basal" 8
7 "Leaves generally opposite, sometimes whorled or all basal" 18
8 "Corolla base neither spurred nor sac-like, throat open, floor without longitudinal folds, or throat +- closed; fruit generally loculicidal or opening by irregular bursting near tip" 9
8 "Corolla base spurred or sac-like (except Holmgrenanthe, corolla throat open, floor with 2 longitudinal folds); fruit generally dehiscent by terminal slits or pores (circumscissile)" 10
9 "Corolla 40--60 mm, lower lip not swollen, throat open; fruit generally loculicidal" "Digitalis {Digitalis purpurea}"
9 "Corolla 8--9 mm, lower lip swollen, +- closing throat; fruit opening by irregular bursting near tip" "Pseudorontium {Pseudorontium cyathiferum}"
10 "Leaves palmately veined, entire to lobed; petioles 5--33 mm" 11
10 "Leaves not palmately veined, generally entire, generally +- sessile (or petioles <= 30 mm)" 13
11 "Corolla base spurred" "Cymbalaria {Cymbalaria muralis}"
11 "Corolla base not spurred" 12
12 "Leaves +- round to reniform; neither stems or petioles twining; corolla white to pale yellow; pedicels 1--4 mm" "Holmgrenanthe {Holmgrenanthe petrophila}"
12 "Leaves hastate to sagitate; corolla pink, red, to violet distally; stems or petioles twining; pedicels 12--47 mm" "Maurandella {Maurandella antirrhiniflora}"
13 "Stem twining or decumbent" 14
13 "Stem erect" 15
14 "Plant glabrous (except stem base, inflorescence); pedicels twining or U-shaped, or bractlets subtended by twining branchlets, these reduced at distal nodes; leaves linear to ovate" Antirrhinum
14 "Plant hairy; pedicels straight; branchlets subtending bracts 0; leaves ovate to hastate or sagittate --- fruit circumscissile" Kickxia
15 "Corolla base spurred; plant generally glabrous" 16
15 "Corolla base sac-like; plant generally hairy (at least inflorescence), rarely glabrous throughout" 17
16 "Flowers yellow, red-violet, purple, or occasionally 2-colored; corolla lower lip >= upper lip" Linaria
16 "Flowers blue to violet; corolla lower lip >> upper lip" "Nuttallanthus {Nuttallanthus texanus}"
17 "Stamens 4, anther sacs 2 per stamen; fruit asymmetric, dehiscing by 1--2 pores near tip" Antirrhinum
17 "Stamens 2, anther sacs 1 per stamen; fruit symmetric, dehiscent by irregular slit at tip" Mohavea
18 "Stamens 2, staminodes 0 or 2" 19
18 "Stamens 4, staminode 0 or 1" 23
19 "Leaves basal, long-petioled; inflorescence scapose" Synthyris
19 "Leaves cauline, sessile to short-petioled; inflorescence not scapose" 20
20 "Corolla +- radial, generally 4-lobed, tube << lobes; sepals generally 4(5)" Veronica
20 "Corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed, tube > lobes; sepals generally 5" 21
21 "Anther sacs of each stamen separated, parallel; corolla tube 4-angled" Gratiola
21 "Anther sacs of each stamen touching, not parallel; corolla tube cylindric" 22
22 "Distal leaves scale-like; corolla 4--7 mm" "Dopatrium {Dopatrium junceum}"
22 "Distal leaves lanceolate to ovate; corolla 7--10 mm" "Lindernia {Lindernia dubia}"
23 "Calyx tube well developed" 24
23 "Calyx segments +- free" 25
24 "Stamens included in keeled lower central corolla lobe" Collinsia
24 "Stamens exserted, lower central corolla lobe not keeled" "Tonella {Tonella tenella}"
25 "Corolla spurred at base of tube" 26
25 "Corolla not spurred, occasionally sac-like at base" 28
26 "Stem decumbent; flower 1 in axils" Kickxia
26 "Stem erect; inflorescence a terminal raceme" 27
27 "Flowers yellow, red-violet, purple, or occasionally 2-colored; corolla throat swelling obvious, not white-ridged" Linaria
27 "Flowers blue; corolla throat swelling +- obscure, white-ridged" "Nuttallanthus {Nuttallanthus texanus}"
28 "Staminode 0" 29
28 "Staminode 1" 31
29 "Leaves in whorls of 3; flowers > 2 cm, bright red" "Gambelia {Gambelia speciosa}"
29 "Leaves opposite; flowers < 2 cm, not red" 30
30 "Leaves generally narrowly +- ovate to +- round, +- entire; corolla generally white to pink" Bacopa
30 "Leaves +- lanceolate, toothed; corolla violet to purple" "Stemodia {Stemodia durantifolia}"
31 "Fertile filament bases glabrous, attached to corolla at different levels" Penstemon
31 "Fertile filament bases densely hairy, attached to corolla at 1 level" 32
32 "Subshrub or shrub; anthers glabrous; seeds angled" Keckiella
32 "Perennial herb; anthers woolly; seeds winged" "Nothochelone {Nothochelone nemorosa}"