Key to Dietary Supplements and Related Botanicals

1. Choose a Plant Group
2. Check the Plant Material(s) you are examining
RootsStemsLeavesFlowers
3. Push to start the key.
Push Go! again to reset the key.

4. Plant Parts Characteristics will appear

Click on a characteristic to select it.

Click on for more information.

5. Choose the Correct Plant Part Description

For the characteristic you chose on the left,
click here on the description that is appropriate for your plant.
Click on for more information.

If a numeric value is required, enter a single measurement or a range, and push

6. Plant Parts Descriptions Chosen by you up to this point

Click on the specific description and then on to "unchoose" it.

7. Species that match

Click on a species name to bring up a complete description
and to find chemical test methods/results and micro-photographs.
If you can't narrow your search to a single species, you may need additional materials/data.

NaviKey v2.3 was developed by Michael Bartley and Noel Cross to read Delta files.
Dan McGillicuddy updated it (v3.0) to read from modified DeltaAccess databases, to handle Character and Item Groups, and to display definitions and images.

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