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Vascular plant groups
Club mosses
Ferns
Vegetative key to families
Gymnosperms
Flowering plants
Genera
Families
Caryophyllaceae
Leaves
simple
Caryophyllaceae
consider the other alternative
Sepals
connate
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Styles 2. Fruit a 4-valved
capsule
or
nut
consider the other alternative
Petals present
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Flowers without large bracts at the base
choose this alternative
reject this alternative
Calyx
up to 6 mm long. Petals constricted only near the base
Gypsophila
choose this alternative
reject this alternative
Calyx
more than 12 mm long. Petals constricted into a
claw
c. as long as the
lamina
or longer