Key

Taxon:
Display:
Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   cactus-like / succulents
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   deeply lobed or divided
   some or all fully compound
  fleshy or succulent leaves
   fleshy/succulent
   not fleshy/succulent
Inflorescence
  flowering month
   Jan.
   Feb.
   March
   April
   May
   June
   July
   Aug.
   Sept.
   Oct.
   Nov.
   Dec.
  position
   in axils of leaves
   terminal
  type
   solitary
   spike
   raceme
   corymb
   head/capitate/glomerules
   panicle
   cymose
   scorpioid cyme
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  corolla symmetry
   regular
   bilateral
  number of fertile stamens
   1-2
   3
   4
   5
   6
   7 or more
  ovary position
   sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
   sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy
Stem & Twigs
  succulent vs non-succulent
   succulent
   not succulent

Quartz Trail

MSC Stewards
Species Count: 26

Acanthaceae

Asteraceae

Boraginaceae

Cactaceae

Fabaceae

Lamiaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malvaceae

Polemoniaceae

Selaginellaceae

Simmondsiaceae

Solanaceae

Urticaceae

Zygophyllaceae