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ANNUAL (plant lifespan)

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completes entire life-cycle in one year or less

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BIENNIAL (plant lifespan)

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living two years, typically flowering and fruiting in the second year

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PERENNIAL (plant lifespan)

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living 3 years or more

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HERBACEOUS (HERB) (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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non-woody, little or no above-ground perennial woody tissue

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WOODY (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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containing secondary xylem

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SHRUBBY (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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short woody plant with branched trunk

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ARBORESCENT (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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treelike woody plant

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NODE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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point of attachment of leaf to stem

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INTERNODE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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region of stem between nodes

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THORN (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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a modified stem (single or branched) e.g. citrus, bouganivillia

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SPINE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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modified leaf e.g. cacti

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PRICKLE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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modified epidermal tissue e.g. rose

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STOLON (RUNNER) (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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elongate horizontal above-ground stem that forms new plants at nodes

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ERECT (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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upright stem

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PROSTRATE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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lying on the ground

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FIBROUS ROOTS (root types)

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all roots about the same size, none is clearly dominant

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TAP ROOT (root types)

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one root is clearly dominant over the others

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BLADE (LAMINA) (leaf parts)

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flattened/expanded portion of leaf

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PETIOLE (leaf parts)

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leaf stalk

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AXILLARY BUD (leaf parts)

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bud found in the angle between a leaf and a stem

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ALTERNATE (leaf arrangement)

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one leaf per node

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OPPOSITE (leaf arrangement)

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two leaves at a node

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WHORLED (leaf arrangement)

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3 or more leaves at a node

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SIMPLE LEAF (leaf arrangement)

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leaf represented by a single blade

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COMPOUND LEAF (leaf arrangement)
leaf divided into two or more discrete segments (leaflets)
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LEAFLET (leaf arrangement)
one segment of a compound leaf
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PINNATELY-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)
rachis present in compound leaf
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PALMATELY-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)
leaflets of compound leaf radiate from the apex of the petiole, no rachis present
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ONCE-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)
blade is divided once into first-order leaflets
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TWICE-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)
blade is divided twice into second-order leaflets (1st order leaflets are further divided)
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ENTIRE (leaf margins)
margin smooth
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LOBED (leaf margins)
with large rounded projections
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DENTATE (leaf margins)
with angular teeth directed at right angles to the margin
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SERRATE (leaf margins)
teeth pointing forward
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PARALLEL (venation of leaves)
several to many veins of approximately the same size run parallel along the blade
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PINNATE (venation of leaves)
prominent midvein with parallel primary veins arising at either side along the midvein
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PALMATE (venation of leaves)
major veins radiate from a common point; no obvious midvein
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COMPLETE (flowers: types and conditions)
with all 4 whorls
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PERFECT (flowers: types and conditions)
with both male and female parts, bisexual
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STAMINATE (flowers: types and conditions)
an imperfect male-only flower
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PISTILLATE (flowers: types and conditions)
an imperfect female-only flower
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MONOECIOUS (flowers: types and conditions)
a species in which individual plants bear both staminate and pistillate (but not perfect) flowers
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DIOECIOUS (flowers: types and conditions)
species with separate staminate and pistillate plants
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ACTINOMORPHIC (RADIAL)
symmetrical about more than 2 planes (like a wheel)
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ZYGOMORPHIC (BILATERAL)
bisymmetric, with two main planes of symmetry e.g. Dicentra, monkey flowers
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CONNATE
fusion of like parts e.g. petals fused to each other
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ADNATE (flowers: types and conditions)
fusion of unlike parts e.g. stamens to petals
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SEPAL (flower parts)
outer whorl of complete flower
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CALYX (flower parts)
whorl of sepals
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PETAL (flower parts)
the inner whorl of the perianth, typically showy
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COROLLA (flower parts)
whorl of petals
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PERIANTH (flower parts)
petals and sepals (tepals=when petals and sepals are indistinguishable and form only 1 whorl)
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STAMEN (flower parts)
male part of flower; tip=anther, stalk=filament
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PISTIL (flower parts)
female flower part; base=ovary, stalk=style, tip=stigma
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CARPEL (flower parts)
a single stigma, style, and placenta. One pistil may compromise > 1 carpel and is then called a compound pistil.
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OVULE (flower parts)
immature seed
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PEDICEL (inflorescence parts)
supporting stalk of an individual flower
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PEDUNCLE (inflorescence parts)
supporting stalk of inflorescence
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TERMINAL (inflorescence parts)
flower at the apex of flowering stalk
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SPIKE (inflorescence type)
an elongate inflorescence
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RACEME (inflorescence type)
elongate indeterminate inflorescence of pedicellate flowers on an unbranched rachis
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UMBEL (inflorescence type)
a flat-topped or rounded inflorescence in which all pedicels arise from asingle point at the apex of the peduncle.
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PANICLE (inflorescence type)
an elongate inflorescence with branched stalks arising from rachis

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