Name the Plant

(or how to use botanical keys)

Many field guide-books include keys to help users distinguish similar species.

Keys work by asking a series of questions about distinguishing features of species, the answer to which is either YES or NO.

Using this technique, it is possible to identify the individual species of quite complicated groups of plants after a few steps.

As an example, you can see here how to distinguish four members of the Buttercup family.

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