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Vegetative

 51-Basal leaves

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In Dodecatheon, the leaves are attached to an underground stem and appear to arise directly from the ground: these are basal leaves and they form a basal rosette.
Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants growing wild in Bluff Springs Fen Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois.
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