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armed
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arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
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fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
flowering season - upper Midwest
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Flower
principal flower color
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inconspicuous
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1
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Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
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Hackett, RA; Pogue, CD; Karbowski, HM; Zionce, R; Peters, S; Monfils, AK;
Species Count: 358
Acoraceae
Alismataceae
Amaryllidaceae
Anacardiaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Araceae
Araliaceae
Asparagaceae
Asteraceae
Balsaminaceae
Berberidaceae
Betulaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Celastraceae
Convolvulaceae
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Cupressaceae
Cyperaceae
Dioscoreaceae
Droseraceae
Dryopteridaceae
Elaeagnaceae
Equisetaceae
Ericaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Fagaceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Grossulariaceae
Haloragaceae
Hypericaceae
Hypoxidaceae
Iridaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae
Lamiaceae
Lauraceae
Lentibulariaceae
Liliaceae
Lythraceae
Melanthiaceae
Nymphaeaceae
Onagraceae
Onocleaceae
Orchidaceae
Orobanchaceae
Osmundaceae
Pinaceae
Plantaginaceae
Poaceae
Polemoniaceae
Polygonaceae
Pontederiaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Primulaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rhamnaceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae
Rutaceae
Salicaceae
Santalaceae
Sapindaceae
Sarraceniaceae
Saxifragaceae
Solanaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Tofieldiaceae
Typhaceae
Ulmaceae
Urticaceae
Verbenaceae
Viburnaceae
Violaceae
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