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Plant
habit
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
special groups
legumes
spurges
dicots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
alternate
opposite
blade division
all simple
some or all fully compound
stipules
stipules absent
stipules or their scars present
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
revolute
leaf(let) apex
acuminate
acute
obtuse
emarginate
spine-tipped
broadest point of leaf (leaflet)
broadest above middle
broadest at middle
broadest below middle
surface
glabrous
obviously hairy or scaly
scabrous
glandular
fleshy or succulent leaves
fleshy/succulent
not fleshy/succulent
Inflorescence
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
inconspicuous
perianth
calyx and corolla present
= one whorl or tepals
absent or vestigial
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
ovule placentation
axile
parietal
basal
marginal
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Stem & Twigs
succulent vs non-succulent
succulent
not succulent
Juliet Simpson
Species Count: 12
Amaranthaceae
Convolvulaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Frankeniaceae
Loasaceae
Nyctaginaceae
Passifloraceae
Solanaceae
Zygophyllaceae