Vegetative and etc. Terms Flashcards
Leaves surrounding base, flat rosette
Acaulescent
Leaves on stem extending upward
Caulescent
Non woody above ground plants
Herbaceous
Having a leafless stalk growing from the ground (found on basal rosette)
Scapose
Circle of leaves on the ground
Basal rosette
Roots that are not roots growing from stem, like orchids
Adventitous
Potato, mod stem, starchy
Tuber
Modified leaves for extra water storage
Bulb
Modified stem, consistent matter with central vascular tissue
Corm
Modified leaf with axillary bid above it
Spine
Modified lateral shoot/axillary bud with leaf above or below
Thorn
Modified epidermal tissue/trichome
Prickle
Pair of leaf-like appendages at the base of petiole
Stipules
Leaf divided into 3 leaflets
Trifoliate (ternately compound)