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Plant
  habit
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
  special groups
   legumes
   spurges
   dicots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
  leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   alternate
   opposite
  blade division
   all simple
   some or all fully compound
  stipules
   stipules absent
   stipules or their scars present
  leaf(let) apex
   acuminate
   acute
   obtuse
   emarginate
   spine-tipped
  leaf (leaflet) margin
   entire
   toothed
   lobed
   revolute
  broadest point of leaf (leaflet)
   broadest above middle
   broadest at middle
   broadest below middle
  surface
   glabrous
   obviously hairy or scaly
   scabrous
   glandular
  fleshy or succulent leaves
   fleshy/succulent
   not fleshy/succulent
Inflorescence
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   inconspicuous
  perianth
   calyx and corolla present
   = one whorl or tepals
   absent or vestigial
  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

Western Midriff Islands - Tiburon spring 2015

Juliet Simpson
Species Count: 12

Amaranthaceae

Convolvulaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Frankeniaceae

Loasaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Passifloraceae

Solanaceae

Zygophyllaceae