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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
dicots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
stature
scapose
erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
stipules
stipules absent
stipules or their scars present
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
revolute
Inflorescence
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
type
solitary
spike
raceme
umbel
corymb
head/capitate/glomerules
panicle
cymose
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
corolla (petal) fusion
petals separate
fused, at least toward base
corolla symmetry
regular
bilateral
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
number of fertile stamens
1-2
4
5
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)
ovule placentation
axile
parietal
basal
marginal
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Fruit Dehiscence
dehiscent (splits open)
indehiscent
Stem & Twigs
succulent vs non-succulent
succulent
not succulent