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Vegetative

Life Span
  • annual
  • biennial
  • perennial
Plant Habit
  • herb
  • subshrub (= suffrutescent)
  • shrub
  • tree
  • succulent
  • vine
  • liana
Plant organs
  • roots
  • stems
  • leaves
Root types
  • tap root
  • fibrous root
  • adventitious root
Stem types
  • aerial stem
  • rhizome
  • stolon
  • bulb
  • corm
  • tuber
Stem features
  • node
  • internode
  • axil
  • bud
  • axillary bud
  • terminal bud
  • bud scales
  • bud scale scars
  • stipule scars
  • leaf scar
Leaf persistence
  • evergreen
  • deciduous
Leaf parts
  • leaf blade
  • petiole
  • stipules
Leaf complexity
  • simple leaf
  • compound leaf
  • petiolule
  • leaflet
  • rachis
  • pinnately compound
  • bipinnately compound
  • pinna (pinnae)
  • petiolule
  • palmately compound
  • trifoliolate
  • trifoliate
Leaf attachment
  • petiolate
  • sessile
  • subsessile
  • perfoliate
  • clasping
  • sheathing
Leaf arrangement
  • basal
  • cauline
  • alternate
  • opposite
  • whorled
Leaf venation
  • pinnate venation
  • palmate venation
  • parallel venation
Leaf blade shape
  • linear
  • oblong
  • lanceolate
  • oblanceolate
  • ovate
  • obovate
  • elliptic
  • orbicular
  • reniform
Leaf apices
  • acute
  • acuminate
  • obtuse
  • mucronate
Leaf bases
  • acute
  • acuminate
  • obtuse
  • cordate
  • oblique
  • peltate
Leaf margins
  • entire
  • crenate
  • serrate
  • dentate
  • lobed
  • pinnately lobed
  • palmately lobed
Surface features
  • glabrous
  • pubescent
  • stellate
  • glandular
Special features
  • tendril
  • thorn
  • spine
  • stipular spines
  • prickle