A) Tree or shrub with needle-like leaves. Flowers in cones. #1
A*) Tree, shrub or herb with leaves of diverse form. Flowers with perianth, ovules enclosed in ovary. B
B) Flowers without petals. #4
B*) Flowers with petals. C
C) Stem terminating in a single purple flower with 6 petals. #3
C*) Stem terminating in a cluster of white flowers with 4 petals each. #2
I like that you included terminology similar to the Hulten Key. I tried to do that as well when creating my own. Your dichotomous key allowed me to work through the 4 samples very easily. I also like that you did not include color as a primary or single identifier as some plants can vary in color and can prevent us from identifying correctly. I’m curious about including more than one identifier in a step if we were dealing with a single plant in the field and were trying to make a specific identification. This was something I struggled with when creating my own. I found the assignment challenging because I kept thinking about actually including enough steps/branches to identify a plants genus and species (as we would do in the field), but I did think we could differentiate the 4 plants quite quickly into main groups as they had such different features.