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Biternate

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With 2 orders of leaflets, doubly ternate with the ternate divisions again ternately divided

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Exserted

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Projected beyond, e.g. stamens beyond the corolla tube

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Hirsute

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Bearing coarse, rough, longish hairs

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Nodding

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Inclined, stooping, or bowing forward; stooping habit

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Villous

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Abounding in or covered with long, soft, straight hairs; shaggy with soft hairs

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Canaliculate

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Channelled; having a longitudinal groove

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Campanulate

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Bell-shaped

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Scape

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Having the floral axis more or less erect with few or no leaves

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Arcuate

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Curved or arched, shaped like a bow

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Beard

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Tufts of long hairs, a line or zone of trichomes

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Ensiform

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Sword-shaped

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Falls

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The drooping sepals of an iris flower

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Standard

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The upward curving petals of an iris flower

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Crest

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An elevated ridge or rib on a surface

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Sheathing leaf

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A leaf in which the petiole and/or base surrounds the stem for an extended length like a tube

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Frond

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A large, divided leaf of a fern or palm

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Dimorphic

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Two forms (different sizes and/or shapes) within the same species

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Sterile frond

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A leaf of a fern that does not bear spores

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Fertile frond

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A reproductive leaf of a fern that bears spores

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Spore

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A reproductive cell in ferns resulting from meiotic cell division in a sporangium

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Sporangia

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A spore-bearing case or sac

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Circinate

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Coiled from the tip downward

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Fiddlehead

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The furled fronds of a young fern

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Tomentose

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With a covering of short, matted, or tangled, soft, wooly hairs

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Pilose
Bearing long, soft straight hairs
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Spatulate
Simple leaf with a broad rounded apex and narrow base
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Ternate
In groups of three - whorls of three leaves or compound leaf with three leaflets
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Acaulescent
Without a stem, or the stem so short that the leaves are apparently all basal
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Achene
A small, dry, indehiscent (non-splitting) fruit with a single seed and with the seed attached to the ovary wall at a single point
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Adventitious root
A root that develops in an unusual position, such as on a stem
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Basal rosette
A dense, radiating cluster of leaves (or other organs) at or near ground level
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Decumbent
Reclining on the ground but with the tip ascending
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Eyespot
Color change at the throat of a flower
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Funnelform
Gradually widening from base to apex; funnel-shaped
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Infructescence
The inflorescence at the fruiting stage; the fruit-bearing stalk
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Nutation
Twining
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Oblique
With unequal sides, especially a leaf base; also known as asymmetrical
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Peltate
Shield-shaped; when a flat structure (such as a leaf blade) is borne on a stalk (such as the petiole) attached to the lower surface rather than to the base or margin
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Prostrate
Lying flat on the ground
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Revolute
With the margins rolled backward toward the underside
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Rhizome
A horizontal underground stem
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Scabrous
Rough to the touch due to the structure of the epidermal cells or to the presence of short, stiff hairs
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Tendril
A slender, twining organ (such as a modified leaf or stem) used to grasp support for climbing
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Ternate
In threes, as a compound leaf which is divided into three leaflets
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Trifoliate
With three leaves or three leaflets
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Tubular
With the form of a tube or cylinder
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Two-lipped
Having two main projections or segments of an irregularly shaped corolla or calyx; bilabiate
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Apical
At or on the apex of a structure
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Diseases
Fungus- and bacteria-caused ailments
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Groundcover
One of the four major plant habits. A plant where the main stems grow horizontally across the ground rather than virtically
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Vine
One of the four major plant habits. A plant that climbs by special adaptations, including twining around structures, tendrils, and small adventicious roots grown along the stem
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Shrub
One of the four major plant habits. Woody plant with shoots or braches emerging near the base of the plant, often without a single destinct trunk (multi-trunked)
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Tree
One of the four major plant habits. A woody plant with one or two main stems, is at least 12-15ft tall, and typically with a destinct head or canopy
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Shrub sizes: Dwarf Small Medium Large Tree-like
Shrub sizes: Dwarf: \<4 ft Small: 4-6 ft Medium: 6-10 ft Large: 10-18 ft ​Tree-like: \>18 ft
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Tree sizes: Small Medium Large
Tree sizes: Small: \<35 ft Medium: 35 - 75 ft Large: \> 75 ft
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Fastigiate
Of trees or shrubs, colum-like shape
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Vase-shaped
Of trees or shrubs, gradually expands to broad crown
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Form
The shape of a plant
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Fine texture
Description for foliage with small size, smooth texture, margin entire or small teeth, and/or dissected/pinnatifid
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Course texture
Description for foliage that has large size, rough surface, margine lobed or large teeth, and/or compound leaves
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Deciduous
Loses all leaves during winter
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Evergreen
Leaves constantly present
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Broadleaf evergreen
Type of evergreen plants that are flowering
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Narrowleaf evergreen
Type of evergreen that is gynosperms
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Gymnosperm
A plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit. Includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgo.

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