Key

Taxon:
Display:
Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   ferns & allies
   grass-like
   cactus-like / succulents
   aquatic & OBL wetland species
  special groups
   arums
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   mints
   spurges
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
  reproductive mode
   produces flowers, fruits, seeds
   produces spores
  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
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  ovaries/pistils per flower
   1
   2-5
   more than 5
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy

Lowry Piedmont Grasslands

Denver Botanic Gardens
Species Count: 159

Amaranthaceae

Apiaceae

Apocynaceae

Araceae

Asparagaceae

Asteraceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Cactaceae

Caprifoliaceae

Commelinaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cyperaceae

Elaeagnaceae

Equisetaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Grossulariaceae

Juncaceae

Lamiaceae

Loasaceae

Malvaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Onagraceae

Orobanchaceae

Papaveraceae

Plantaginaceae

Poaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polygonaceae

Ranunculaceae

Rosaceae

Salicaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Solanaceae

Typhaceae

Urticaceae