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:
Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   grass-like
  special groups
   composites
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   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
   green
   yellow
   red
   pink
   inconspicuous
  corolla (petal) fusion
   petals separate
   fused, at least toward base
  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

California - Palo Alto Baylands Trail spring 2019

Species Count: 12

Apiaceae

Asteraceae

Convolvulaceae

Malvaceae

Poaceae

Polygonaceae

Rhamnaceae

Viburnaceae