What’s a dichotomous key?
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  - Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Rosaceae
- Sanguisorba
Sanguisorba
See list of 3 species in this genus- 
      
    
  
    
      
      1a. Leaflets 5–20 mm long; flowers with 12 or more stamens and 2 carpels
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      1b. Leaflets mostly 25–80 (–100) mm long; flowers with 4 stamens and 1 carpel- 
      
    
  
    
      
      2a. Sepals white, much shorter than the stamens; spikes 3–12 (–20) cm tall; filaments distally widened
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      2b. Sepals purple to red-purple, equaling or slightly longer than the stamens; spikes 1–3 cm tall; filaments slender throughout
 
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    Each photo represents one species in this genus.
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    Each photo represents one species in this genus.