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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
cactus-like / succulents
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
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
fleshy or succulent leaves
not fleshy/succulent
fleshy/succulent
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
corymb
head/capitate/glomerules
panicle
cymose
scorpioid cyme
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
number of fertile stamens
1-2
3
4
5
6
7 or more
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
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MSC Stewards
Species Count: 26
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Asteraceae
Adenophyllum porophylloides
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia deltoidea
Bahiopsis parishii
Cirsium neomexicanum
Encelia farinosa
Senecio lemmonii
Trixis californica
Boraginaceae
Phacelia distans
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Fabaceae
Acacia greggii
Parkinsonia microphylla
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Malpighiaceae
Cottsia gracilis
Malvaceae
Abutilon incanum
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Polemoniaceae
Eriastrum eremicum
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella arizonica
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Lycium berlandieri
Lycium exsertum
Urticaceae
Parietaria hespera
Zygophyllaceae
Larrea tridentata