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Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   herbaceous
   grass-like
   cactus-like / succulents
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   mints
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  stature
   scapose
   erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   deeply lobed or divided
   some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
  flowering season
   spring
   summer
   fall
   winter
  flowering month
   Jan.
   Feb.
   March
   April
   May
   June
   July
   Aug.
   Sept.
   Oct.
   Nov.
   Dec.
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  corolla symmetry
   regular
   bilateral
  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
Misc.
  vegetation type
   tropical
   tropical deciduous forest
   tropical oak woodland
   thornscrub
   woodland
   montane forest
   riparian / wetland
   desert
   grassland
   chaparral
   tropical montane

NAU-BIO414-Sonoran Desert

Species Count: 33

Asteraceae

Cactaceae

Cannabaceae

Fabaceae

Fouquieriaceae

Lamiaceae

Malvaceae

Poaceae

Polygonaceae

Sapindaceae

Simmondsiaceae

Solanaceae

Verbenaceae