1. Families – Part II LEC 06 FIELD BOTANY – Lecture 06
Dr. Donald P. Althoff

2. Set II Lily family Mallow family Sunflower family Grass family _______
tiger lily (A)
Canada lily
Lily family
Mallow family
Sunflower family
Grass family
_______
Common mallow
dicot
hibiscus
cup
plant
dicot
chicory
deer tongue
_______
purpletop

3. Lily Family TAXONICALLY: ___________ perennials herbs and forbs
well know species: day lily (A) tiger lily (A) Canada lily Gray’s lily wood lily
But…water lilies are ____ from this family (Nymphaeaceae)

4. Lily Family flowering parts patterns
________ and ________
Often, the petals and sepals are the same color
Often, the petals and sepals are the same shape 2 3 1 3 1 2

5. Lily Family flowering parts patterns
Thus, with color and size often matching, it _________ they have 6 petals and no sepals…
…but they don’t …it is still petals, sepals
Canada lily

6. Lily Family “inside” flowering parts patterns
__________— all same approx. height
Pistil with _____ stigma
Stigma top noticeably _______ 3 2 4 1 5 6
perennial pepperweed

7. Lily Family leaf pattern
________ veins

8. Lily Family “key” __ petals and __ sepals— and they _________!
day lily(A)
tiger lily (A)
Canada lily
Michigan lily
white trout lily
wild oats (sessile bellwort)
Indian cucumber root
Solomon’s seal

9. Michigan lily
Turk’s-cap lily
White trout lily
note “__________”
note “________” on leaf

10. Solomon’s seal
Indian cucumber root
Flowers and fruit “______ the stalk…not at terminal end
note “2 whorls of leaves ”…3-4 at top,
6 or more bottom

11. Lily Family
Could be confused with iris family (Iridaceae)…but irises only have __ stamens—not 6
Stamens not easily visible in irises…often __________

12. Mallow Family
TAXONICALLY: ____________ annuals, biennials, perennial herbs and forbs
well know species: common mallow swamp rose mallow hollyhock hibiscus cotton

13. Mallow Family flower patterns
__ separate petals
a ________________ 2 1 3 5 4

14. Mallow Family flower patterns
5 separate petals
a column of stamens
this is the ______ …that appears “fused” with stamens

15. Mallow Family sepals and bracts
3-5 partially “united” ______
sepals often surrounded by several ______

16. Mallow Family _____________ texture
________ any plant part and rub between fingers….result: ________ texture

17. Mallow Family – miscellaneous
Only known species in this family that is poisonous: __________
Most of the rest are edible (and many have medicinal uses)
____ plants

18. Mallow Family “key” 5 separate petals, column of stamens
globe mallow
prickly mallow

19. Sunflower (Aster) Family
TAXONICALLY: ____________ (previously Compositae)
Predominately annual herbs and forbs
well know species: aster! sunflowers! ironweed chicory goldenrods

20. Aster (Sunflower) Family flower head patterns
____________ flowers in ________ heads
___________
flower with ___________

21. TOP
UNDER
Composite Flower
stalk / stem

22. Aster family Individual flower _________ 5 stamens fused
5 petals fused together at the base to ~ 50% upward
________ hair = sepals
_____= seed (think sunflower seed)

23. blue-stemmed
goldenrod
purple coneflower
blanket flower
lance-leaved coreopsis

24. Aster (Sunflower) Family key ID: composite flowers in disk-like heads
purple stemmed aster
mature sunflower head

25. Aster (Sunflower) Family additional “tips”
Presence of _______ layers of bracts
Some have ___________ flowers (yarrow)

26. Aster (Sunflower) Family Miscellaneous
_________ seed producers (think annuals!)
Many have seeds with prickles, bristle, or soft hairs that aid in ____________…think cockleburs, agrimonies, stick-tights
Mostly are ___ plants, some are ___ plants

27. Aster (Sunflower) Family
___ most number of species (___________ is #1)
_____ species in temperate ecosystems (i.e. NA)
cup plant
chicory

28. Grass Family (again) TAXONICALLY: _________ annuals and perennials
well know species: corn milo (sorghum) wheat barley “grasses”

29. Grass Family
grass plants maintain 3 defining characteristics from other members of the plant kingdom:
________________ emerge between the bracts on leaf-less stems
leaves on grass plants take on a __________ and stretch out long and slender. At the stem, these leaves cling tightly and form a type of ________.
the _____________________in the center. The nodes, or joints, along the stem also appear swollen. 1 2 3

30. Poaceae Herbaceous or seldom woody
Stems often rhizomatous and/or with erect culms (A, shoots)
Stems round, hollow, with nodes (B)
Leaves linear, with parallel venation, sheathing, with ligule at top of sheath
Inflorescences with terminal and axillary spikelets (C), subtended by bracts (glumes)
Flowers without sepals and petals
Spike (awn) often present on bracts
Stamens and ovary hidden inside bracts (D), called palea and lemma C D B C A

31. Poaceae When flowering, styles and anthers hanging out from spikelets
Stamens 3
Style often branched and plumose (feather-like)
Fruit a one-seeded ____ (caryopsis)