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Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   ferns & allies
   grass-like
   cactus-like / succulents
   aquatic & OBL wetland species
  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
  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
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
   umbel
   corymb
   head/capitate/glomerules
   panicle
   cymose
   scorpioid cyme
   catkin
   cone
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   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
Stem & Twigs
  succulent vs non-succulent
   succulent
   not succulent

NAU-Yuma BSC 414

Jacob Gibson
Species Count: 76

Acanthaceae

Amaranthaceae

Anacardiaceae

Apocynaceae

Arecaceae

Asparagaceae

Asteraceae

Bignoniaceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Burseraceae

Cactaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Ephedraceae

Fabaceae

Fouquieriaceae

Krameriaceae

Lamiaceae

Malvaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Onagraceae

Papaveraceae

Plantaginaceae

Poaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polygonaceae

Pteridaceae

Salicaceae

Santalaceae

Saururaceae

Solanaceae

Tamaricaceae

Zygophyllaceae