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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
herbaceous
special groups
composites
mints
stature
prostrate
scapose
erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
stipules
stipules absent
stipules or their scars present
margin teeth
serrate
crenate
dentate
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
leaf(let) base
attenuate
clasping
cordate
cuneate
hastate
obtuse
perfoliate
rounded
truncate
surface
glabrous
glaucous
obviously hairy or scaly
scabrous
glandular
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
head/capitate/glomerules
panicle
catkin
plant sexuality
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
red
pink
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 Dehiscence
dehiscent (splits open)
indehiscent
Night pollinator garden
Jan busco
Species Count: 6
Asteraceae
Brickellia californica
Lamiaceae
Salvia pachyphylla
Onagraceae
Oenothera cespitosa
Oenothera pallida
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon palmeri
Salicaceae
Salix lasiolepis