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Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   cactus-like / succulents
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   alternate
   opposite
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   some or all fully compound
  leaf attachment
   sessile or nearly so
   leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
   winged petiolate
  stipules
   stipules absent
   stipules or their scars present
  leaf(let) apex
   acuminate
   acute
   obtuse
   mucronate/cuspidate
   emarginate
  leaf (leaflet) margin
   entire
   toothed
   lobed
  broadest point of leaf (leaflet)
   broadest above middle
   broadest at middle
   broadest below middle
Inflorescence
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  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

Gulf of California/Sonoran Desert - Playa Estrella spring 2015

Juliet Simpson
Species Count: 28

Amaranthaceae

Asteraceae

Burseraceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Fouquieriaceae

Krameriaceae

Lamiaceae

Loasaceae

Malvaceae

Plantaginaceae

Rhamnaceae

Simmondsiaceae

Zygophyllaceae