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habit
shrubs
herbaceous
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special groups
composites
legumes
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
stature
prostrate
scapose
erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
stipules
stipules absent
stipules or their scars present
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
revolute
fleshy or succulent leaves
fleshy/succulent
not fleshy/succulent
Inflorescence
flowering month
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Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
type
solitary
spike
raceme
umbel
corymb
head/capitate/glomerules
panicle
cymose
scorpioid cyme
plant sexuality
monoecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
corolla symmetry
regular
bilateral
corolla (petal) fusion
petals separate
fused, at least toward base
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
ovule placentation
axile
parietal
basal
marginal
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Stem & Twigs
succulent vs non-succulent
succulent
not succulent