1 "Stamens > in number than corolla lobes" 2 1 "Stamens = in number to corolla lobes or fewer" 5 2 "Leaf compound --- petals proximally free but strongly adherent and may appear fused" "Fabaceae Group 3" 2 "Leaf simple, sometimes reduced to linear or scale-like bracts" 3 3 "Filaments fused, forming a U-shaped tube around the style --- petals actually free but may appear fused" "Polygalaceae {Polygala}" 3 "Filaments free" 4 4 "Shrub; leaves alternate; anthers dehiscing by pores; ovules many; fruit a capsule" "Ericaceae {Rhododendron macrophyllum}" 4 "Herb or weak-stemmed subshrub; leaves opposite; anthers dehiscing by lateral slits; ovule 1; fruit an achene tightly enwrapped by hardened base of corolla-like calyx --- petals actually 0 but sepals petal-like and involucre bracts sepal-like" "Nyctaginaceae {Allionia}" 5 "Corolla scarious, persistent in fruit" "Plantaginaceae {Plantago}" 5 "Corolla not scarious, generally deciduous after flower" 6 6 "Fertile stamens = in number to corolla lobes" 7 6 "Fertile stamens fewer than corolla lobes --- 1 or more sterile stamens sometimes present" 12 7 "Ovary deeply 4-lobed, especially in fruit; style attachment surrounded by lobes of ovary (style readily detaches in Lamiaceae as corolla falls); fruit breaking apart into 1-seeded nutlets (sometimes only 1--3 nutlets maturing)" 8 7 "Ovary entire or shallowly lobed; style clearly attached to tip of ovary; fruit a capsule or splitting into nutlets" 9 8 "Stem round in ×-section; leaves alternate (proximal opposite in some _Plagiobothrys_); herbage not aromatic; inflorescence or inflorescence branches coiled when young, unrolling in flower or fruit" Boraginaceae 8 "Stem 4-angled, at least when young; leaves opposite throughout; herbage generally strongly aromatic, especially if crushed; inflorescence or inflorescence branches not coiled" Lamiaceae 9 "Shrub; filaments attached directly to receptacle, falling free from corolla or only weakly adhering; anthers dehiscent by pores" Ericaceae 9 "Herb; filaments fused to and falling with corolla; anthers dehiscent by slits" 10 10 "Calyx lobes bordered by or +- fused by a much thinner, transparent or translucent membrane; corolla generally funnel-shaped to salverform; stigmas 3; ovary chambers 3" Polemoniaceae 10 "Calyx lobes not bordered by or fused by transparent or translucent membrane; corolla +- rotate; stigmas 1--2; ovary chambers 1--4" 11 11 "Corolla white to blue or purple, 2--8 mm diam; inflorescence cyme-like, or flowers solitary; fruit splitting into generally 4 one-seeded nutlets" "Boraginaceae {Tiquilia}" 11 "Corolla yellow (white to +- purple), 15--40 mm diam; inflorescence a narrow raceme or panicle; fruit a many-seeded capsule" "Scrophulariaceae {Verbascum}" 12 "Plant entirely non-green, +- fleshy" Orobanchaceae 12 "Plant green and photosynthetic" 13 13 "Proximal portion of lower corolla lip with backward-projecting, conic or tubular spur" 14 13 "Proximal portion of lower corolla lip without backward-projecting, conic or tubular spur, occasionally with expanded pouch" 16 14 "Plant aquatic; leaf-like underwater stems generally dissected, generally submersed, generally bearing small, hollow bladders that suck in and trap small organisms when hairs at opening are triggered" "Lentibulariaceae {Utricularia}" 14 "Plant terrestrial; leaves entire to shallowly lobed, without hollow bladders" 15 15 "Leaves all basal; adaxial leaf face sticky or slimy with insect-capturing glands" "Lentibulariaceae {Pinguicula}" 15 "Leaves basal and cauline or all cauline; adaxial leaf surface not sticky or slimy with insect-capturing glands" Plantaginaceae 16 "Ovary generally deeply 4-lobed; style attachment surrounded by lobes of ovary [style readily detaches as corolla falls] --- fruit breaking into 4 one-seeded nutlets" Lamiaceae 16 "Ovary entire or +- shallowly lobed; style arising from tip of ovary" 17 17 "Ovules 1--4 per ovary chamber" 18 17 "Ovules several to many per ovary chamber" 21 18 "Fruit a capsule" 19 18 "Fruit 2--4 nutlets" 20 19 Shrub Acanthaceae 19 Annual Plantaginaceae 20 "Stamens exserted" Lamiaceae 20 "Stamens included" Verbenaceae 21 "Leaves compound" Bignoniaceae 21 "Leaves simple" 22 22 "Capsule 5--35 cm" 23 22 "Capsule < 2 cm" 24 23 "Shrub or tree; capsule body 15--35 cm, straight, linear" Bignoniaceae 23 "Annual; capsule body 5--10 cm, curved, tipped with a hooked beak several cm long" "Martyniaceae {Proboscidea}" 24 "Corolla upper lip forming a concave beak or hood, +- enclosing or covering stamens and style" 25 24 "Corolla upper lip not forming a beak or hood, not enclosing or covering stamens and style [though these may be included within corolla tube or throat]" 26 25 "Sterile stamen 0; lobes of upper corolla lip obscure or 0" Orobanchaceae 25 "Sterile stamen present, inserted on corolla tube between lobes of upper corolla lip; lobes of upper lip evident" Plantaginaceae 26 "Stigma lobes flat, disk-like, moving together when touched; cauline leaves opposite" "Phrymaceae {Mimulus}" 26 "Stigma dot-like or head-like, unlobed, or lobes not moving together when touched; cauline leaves opposite or alternate (whorled) or leaves all basal" 27 27 "Leaves all basal" 28 27 "Leaves basal and cauline or all cauline" 29 28 "Flowers solitary; stamens 4; leaves linear or awl-like to spoon-shaped or ovate, entire" "Scrophulariaceae {Limosella}" 28 "Flowers in raceme; stamens 2; leaves ovate to round, toothed or shallowly lobed" "Plantaginaceae {Synthyris}" 29 "Stem 4-angled; corolla tube urn-shaped to spheric" "Scrophulariaceae {Scrophularia}" 29 "Stem generally round in ×-section; corolla tube cylindric to bell-shaped, sometimes very short" Plantaginaceae