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Plant
  habit
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   grass-like
   cactus-like / succulents
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  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
   sheathing
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  ovaries/pistils per flower
   1
   2-5
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy

NAU-BIO414-Great Plains Grassland

Tina Ayers
Species Count: 33

Amaranthaceae

Apocynaceae

Asteraceae

Cactaceae

Ephedraceae

Fabaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Orobanchaceae

Poaceae

Polygonaceae

Solanaceae