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May not be duplicated on paper or disk media without written permission.
1. leaves oval to obovate & fruit 2-winged.....2
1. leaves elliptic to obovate & fruit 4-winged.....5
2. flowers often > 2.5-3.0 cm (upland SE USA).....3
2. flowers mostly < 2.5 cm (lowland SE USA).....4
3. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia diptera var. magniflora
4. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia diptera var. diptera
5. small tree or shrub with 5+ trunks & lamina < 12 cm long.....6
5. tall tree with 1-3 trunks & lamina often > 12 cm long.....13
6. corolla shallowly lobed (most common).....7
6. corolla divided to the base (rare).....12
7. leaves thick & coarsely wrinkled & corolla very cup-shaped (uncommon).....8
7. leaves thin & lightly wrinkled & corolla bell-shaped (common).....9
8. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia carolina 'Meehanii'
9. leaves with dense soft hairs below (less common).....10
9. leaves glabrous or sparsely hairly below.....11
10. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia carolina var. mollis
11. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia carolina var. carolina
12. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia carolina f. dialypetala
13. corolla white.....16
13. corolla pink to white tinted pink.....15
15. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia monticola var. monticola f. rosea
16. leaves densely white pubescent below (NC, OK, AK).....17
16. leaves glabrous except when young or green pubescent.....18
17. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia monticola var. vestita
18. POSSIBLE ID=Halesia monticola var. carolina f. carolina