asteridae 1

Question 1

Aralia nudicaulis

Answer 1

Araliaceae, wild sarsapilla
- dark purple berrues
- ball-shaped inflorescence with tiny white flowers
- twice pinnate, once into three large leaflets wfurther pinnately compound
- acuminate leaflet tips

Question 2

Menyanthes trifoliata

Answer 2

Menyanthaceae, buckbean
- (semi) aquatic plants
- white flowers covered with long white hairs
- 3-leaflet leaves

Question 3

Stachys palustris

Answer 3

Lamiaceae, hedge nettle
- 4-lobed ovary
- square stem
- irregular flower with 4 lobes 2/3)
- didynamous
- flowers in terminal spike

Question 4

Castilleja miniata

Answer 4

Scrophulariaceae, common red paintbrush
- showy red bracts around small flowers
- 3-veined leaves
- alternate leaves
- hemiparasitic

Question 5

Pedicularis labradorica

Answer 5

Scrophulariaceae, Labrador lousewort
- hooded upper corolla
- 5-10 flowres in inflorescence with crowded top
- branched stems

Question 6

Rhinanthus minor

Answer 6

Scrophulariaceae, yellow rattle
- ballooned calyx
- hellow hooded flowers
- capsule
- puzzle-set leaves

Question 7

Mertensia paniculata

Answer 7

Boraginaceae, tall lungwort
- thinner, shorter petioled leaves at top pf stem
- prominently veined
- fuzzy stems
- bluish bell-shaped corolla with elongated tube

Question 8

Galium boreale

Answer 8

Rubiaceae, Northern bedstraw
- compound cyme of tiny white flowers
- small, thin, 3-nerved leaves in whorls for 4
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Question 9

Galium triflorum

Answer 9

Rubiaceae, sweet-scented bedstraw
- 1-nerved leaves in whorls of 5-6
- paired nutlets with bristles
- small flowers with 4 tepals

Question 10

Linnaea borealis

Answer 10

Caprifoliaceae, twinflower
- paired bellshaped flowers
- 2 pairs of notches near leaf tip
- evergreen semi-shrub

Question 11

Lonicera dioica

Answer 11

Caprifoliaceae, twining honeysuckle
- upper leaves form a cup
- crowded inflorescence of elongate flowers with reddish flowers
- red berries
- twining vine

Question 12

Lonicera involucrata

Answer 12

Caprifoliaceae, bracted honeysuckle
- flowers cupped by purplish bracts
- petiolate leaves
- 4-sided young twigs
- cup-like yellow flower
- purplish-black berry

Question 13

sambucus racemosa

Answer 13

Caprifoliaceae, red elderberry
- pinnately compound leaf
- crowded panicle of tiny pinkish flowers
- red or purplish berries
- shrubby

Question 14

Symphoricarpos albus

Answer 14

Caprifoliaceae, snowberry
- thin oval leaves with soft hairs on the underside
- white berries
- long perioles
- cup-shaped flowers pink –> white at tips

Question 15

Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Answer 15

Caprifoliaceae, wolfberry
- funnel-shaped flowers with longer petals
- greenish-white berries that dry purple/black
- thick, leathery leaves

Question 16

Viburnum edule

Answer 16

Caprifoliaceae, Lowbush cranberry
- shallowly lobed leaved pointing forward
- all flowers tiny an white
- bright red terminal buds
- red berries

Question 17

viburnum opulus

Answer 17

Caprifoliaceae, highbush cranberry
- terminal bud often broken off
- 3 lobed, pointed sideways
- flat-topped cyme with 2 types of flowers (some white, simy tiny green),
- red berries more crowded