{"id":13,"date":"2022-06-14T17:51:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/rareplant\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:25:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T21:25:39","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/rareplant\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<ul>\n<li><b>\tAcaulescent <\/b><br \/>\tThe leaves clustered at or near the base of the plant.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAchene <\/b><br \/>\tA small, dry, 1-seeded indehiscent fruit.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAcuminate <\/b><br \/>\tGradually tapering to the apex.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAcute <\/b><br \/>\tTapering to the apex with straight sides.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAlkaline <\/b><br \/>\tHaving the properties of an alkali; a pH of more than 7.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAlluvium <\/b><br \/>\tClay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAlternate <\/b><br \/>\tBorne singly, not opposite.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAndrogynous <\/b><br \/>\tHaving staminate flowers above the carpellate flowers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAnnual <\/b><br \/>\tA plant with a 1-year life cycle, growing from seed, producing flowers and fruits, and dying in 1 year.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAnther <\/b><br \/>\tThe pollen-bearing part of a stamen.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAnthesis <\/b><br \/>\tPeriod when the flower is open.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tApetalous <\/b><br \/>\tHaving no petals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tApex <\/b><br \/>\tUppermost point.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAppressed <\/b><br \/>\tLying close to or flat against.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAreole <\/b><br \/>\tThe point at which a cluster of spines arises; equivalent to a node (Cactaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tArroyo <\/b><br \/>\tThe channel of an ephemeral stream in an arid region.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAuricle <\/b><br \/>\tAn ear or flap-like appendage at the summit of the leaf sheath in grasses.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAwn <\/b><br \/>\tA slender, bristle-like structure; the tips of glumes and lemmas on some grasses.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAxil <\/b><br \/>\tAngle formed by a leaf with the stem to which it is attached.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tAxillary <\/b><br \/>\tIn axil of leaf, branch, or other structure.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBanner <\/b><br \/>\tThe broad, erect, upper petal of the flower of legumes (Fabaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBasal <\/b><br \/>\tLeaves produced at ground level.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBasifixed <\/b><br \/>\tAttached at the base, as anthers to the filament.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBeak <\/b><br \/>\tA hard or firm point of projection.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBi <\/b><br \/>\tPrefix meaning two or twice.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBiennial <\/b><br \/>\tA plant that lives for two growing seasons, usually flowering only in the second year.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBisexual <\/b><br \/>\tA flower having both stamens and pistils.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBlade <\/b><br \/>\tFlat, expanded portion of leaf or petal.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBract <\/b><br \/>\tReduced or modified leaf.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBractlet <\/b><br \/>\tA secondary bract, usually smaller than the bracts.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBristle <\/b><br \/>\tShort, stiff, coarse hair or filament.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tBulb <\/b><br \/>\tUnderground bud covered with fleshy scales.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCaespitose <\/b><br \/>\tGrowing in tufts or clumps.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCalcareous <\/b><br \/>\tReferring to limestone or calcium-rich soils.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCallus <\/b><br \/>\tHardened base of the lemma in some grasses.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCalyx <\/b><br \/>\tThe collective name for sepals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCampanulate <\/b><br \/>\tBell-shaped.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCapillary <\/b><br \/>\tThread-like.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCapitate <\/b><br \/>\tCollected into a dense, head-like cluster.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCapsule <\/b><br \/>\tA dry, dehiscent fruit made up of more than one carpel.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCarpel <\/b><br \/>\tOne of the female reproductive organs of a flower, i.e. a unit of the gynoecium, comprising an ovary (containing 1 to many ovules borne on a placenta) and with a usually terminal style tipped by the stigma.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCarpellate <\/b><br \/>\tHaving carpels.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCarr <\/b><br \/>\tA wetland willow thicket.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCatkin <\/b><br \/>\tA spike or spike-like inflorescence of unisexual flowers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCaudex <\/b><br \/>\tThe persistent, often woody base of an otherwise herbaceous stem.<br \/>\nPlural = caudices.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCauline <\/b><br \/>\tLeaves borne on the stem, above ground.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCiliate <\/b><br \/>\tWith a marginal fringe of hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCinereous <\/b><br \/>\tWith grey or white pubescence that creates an ashy look.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCircumboreal <\/b><br \/>\tDistributed around the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere in the boreal zone.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tClasping <\/b><br \/>\tLeaf base partly or wholly surrounding the stem.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tClaw <\/b><br \/>\tThe narrow base or stalk to some petals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCleft <\/b><br \/>\tSplit about in the middle.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCobwebby <\/b><br \/>\tWith the appearance of spider webbing, usually referring to very fine hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCompound (leaf) <\/b><br \/>\tA leaf divided into leaflets.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCongested <\/b><br \/>\tCrowded, as in an inflorescence with many densely clustered flowers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tConnate <\/b><br \/>\tUnited, usually by fusion or pressure in the bud.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tContracted <\/b><br \/>\tNarrowed in a particular place.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCordate <\/b><br \/>\tHeart-shaped.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCorolla <\/b><br \/>\tCollective name for the petals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCruciform <\/b><br \/>\tCross-shaped.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCulms <\/b><br \/>\tThe specialized stem of grasses, sedges and rushes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tCyme <\/b><br \/>\tA flower cluster, usually opposite-branched, in its simplest form consisting of three flowers, the central or terminal one blooming first.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDeciduous <\/b><br \/>\tFalling off; not permanent or evergreen.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDecumbent <\/b><br \/>\tProstrate except for the ascending tips of branches.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDecurrent <\/b><br \/>\tExtending downward along stem or branch from the point of insertion.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDehiscent <\/b><br \/>\tSplitting open along regular lines, as in a fruit or anther.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDeltoid <\/b><br \/>\tTriangular.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDentate <\/b><br \/>\tToothed, with the teeth directed outward rather than forward.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDilated <\/b><br \/>\tExpanded or widened.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDioecious <\/b><br \/>\tHaving staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants of a species.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDimorphic <\/b><br \/>\tTwo forms.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDisjunct <\/b><br \/>\tSeparated from the main, continuous portion of a species&#8217; range.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDisk flower <\/b><br \/>\tThe tubular flowers found at the center of the flower head of many members of the sunflower family.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDissected <\/b><br \/>\tDivided into many segments or lobes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDivaricate <\/b><br \/>\tWidely spreading.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDorsal <\/b><br \/>\tPertaining to the back or outer surface.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDorsiventral <\/b><br \/>\tWith an upper and lower side (flattened from the back rather than the sides).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tDuff <\/b><br \/>\tOrganic matter on the forest floor.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tElliptical <\/b><br \/>\tShaped like an ellipse: widest in the center and the 2 ends equal.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tEndemic <\/b><br \/>\tRestricted to a particular geographic region or soil type.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tEntire <\/b><br \/>\tMargins without teeth or lobes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tEphemeral <\/b><br \/>\tA plant that completes its life cycle very rapidly.<br \/>\nIn favorable environments ephemerals may germinate, bloom, and set seed several times during a single year.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tEpicarp <\/b><br \/>\tOuter layer of the fruit, the &#8220;skin&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tErect <\/b><br \/>\tUpright in relation to the ground.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tEvergreen <\/b><br \/>\tBearing green leaves or stems over the winter; not deciduous.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tExfoliate <\/b><br \/>\tTo come off in thin sheets.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tExplanate <\/b><br \/>\tSpread out flat, as opened anthers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tExserted <\/b><br \/>\tProjecting beyond a surrounding organ.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFarinose <\/b><br \/>\tWith a mealy or powdery covering of wax.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFellfield <\/b><br \/>\tType of tundra that is thirty-five to fifty percent bare rock, with cushion plants, mosses, and lichens between.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFen <\/b><br \/>\tAn area of wet peat that is typically alkaline due to ground water draining from surrounding calcareous rocks.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFertile <\/b><br \/>\tCapable of producing fruit or spores.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFibrous (roots) <\/b><br \/>\tRoots with several to many more or less equal branches; lacking a large central taproot.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFiliform <\/b><br \/>\tThread-like.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFlaccid <\/b><br \/>\tSoft and limp; drooping or hanging.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFlexuous <\/b><br \/>\tWavy or curved.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFloret <\/b><br \/>\tA small flower, especially one in a dense cluster.<br \/>\nAlso used for a grass flower with its lemma and palea included.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFlower <\/b><br \/>\tReproductive structures of plants.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFollicle <\/b><br \/>\tA type of dry fruit derived from a single pistil that splits open along only one suture line, as in milkweed pods.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFornix <\/b><br \/>\tA scale or gland-like protuberance in the flower tube, as in the Boraginaceae. Plural = fornices.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFrond <\/b><br \/> Leaf of a fern.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFruit <\/b><br \/>\tThe ripened, seed-containing reproductive structure of a plant.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tFuniculus <\/b><br \/>\tThe stalk attaching the ovule or seed to the wall of the ovary (plural = funiculi); a structure of diagnostic value for Physaria spp. (Brassicaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlabrate <\/b><br \/>\tAlmost glabrous.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlabrous <\/b><br \/>\tWithout hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGland <\/b><br \/>\tA depression or appendage which usually secretes a sticky fluid.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlandular <\/b><br \/>\tWith organs which produce small droplets of secretion, often at tips of hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlaucescent <\/b><br \/>\tSlightly glaucous.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlaucous <\/b><br \/>\tA whitish wax-like covering.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlobose <\/b><br \/>\tSpherical.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGlume <\/b><br \/>\tA bract at the base of a grass spikelet.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGneiss <\/b><br \/>\tCoarse-grained, banded metamorphic rock in which minerals are arranged in darker and lighter layers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGraminoid <\/b><br \/>\tGrass-like.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGranite <\/b><br \/>\tLight-colored, coarse-grained igneous rock.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGranodiorite <\/b><br \/>\tGranular intrusive quartz igneous rock, intermediate between granite and diorite; a quartzose diorite.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGynaecandrous <\/b><br \/>\tIn Carex, pistillate flowers above staminate flowers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGynoecium <\/b><br \/>\tCollective name for the pistils.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tGypsiferous <\/b><br \/>\tBearing gypsum (hydrous calcium sulfate).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHabitat <\/b><br \/>\tThe part of the environment where a plant grows.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHead <\/b><br \/>\tA dense cluster of flowers, usually nearly spherical in outline. Individual flowers in the head are usually sessile or nearly so.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHelicoid <\/b><br \/>\tCurled in the form of a spring or snail shell.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHerb <\/b><br \/>\tA plant with no persistent woody stem above ground.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHerbaceous <\/b><br \/>\tNon-woody; dying to the ground each year.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHirsute <\/b><br \/>\tWith coarse, straight hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHispid <\/b><br \/>\tClothed with stiff bristles or bristle-like hairs, usually stiff enough to penetrate the skin.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHood <\/b><br \/>\tErect to spreading petaloid blade with incurved margins (Asclepiadaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHummock <\/b><br \/>\tSmall mound.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHyaline <\/b><br \/>\tTransparent or translucent.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tHypanthium <\/b><br \/>\tCup or tube formed by the fused bases of the stamens, petals, and sepals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tIgneous <\/b><br \/>\tRock that was crystallized from a magma.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tImbricate <\/b><br \/>\tOverlapping like shingles.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tIncised <\/b><br \/>\tCut sharply and usually irregularly with sharp sinuses.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tIncurved <\/b><br \/>\tCurved toward the axis or attachment.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tIndehiscent <\/b><br \/>\tNot splitting open at maturity.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tIndusium <\/b><br \/>\tA membranous flap covering the sorus of ferns.<br \/>\nPlural = indusia.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tInferior <\/b><br \/>\tLocated beneath or lower than another structure, as in the ovary of a flower located beneath the sepals and petals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tInflated <\/b><br \/>\tA structure that is bladdery or expanded like a balloon.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tInflorescence <\/b><br \/>\tThe flowering part of a plant, usually referring to a cluster of flowers on a single stem.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tIntermittent <\/b><br \/>\tNot continuous.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tInternode <\/b><br \/>\tPortion of a stem or other structure between 2 nodes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tInvolucre <\/b><br \/>\tA whorl of bracts located beneath a flower cluster, as in the heads of members of the sunflower family (Asteraceae, Polygonaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tInvolute <\/b><br \/>\tHaving edges rolled inward, like a scroll, toward the midnerve on the upper surface.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tKeel <\/b><br \/>\tA projecting central rib or dorsal ridge, like the keel of a boat.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLanceolate <\/b><br \/>\tLance-shaped; several times longer than wide, broadest toward the base and tapering to the apex.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLateral <\/b><br \/>\tRefers to the side, as opposed to dorsal.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLeaf <\/b><br \/>\tThin, usually green, expanded organ borne on a node of a stem.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLeaflet <\/b><br \/>\tOne of the divisions of a compound leaf.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLemma <\/b><br \/>\tIn grasses, the lower of two bracts enclosing the floret.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLigule <\/b><br \/>\tA hair-like or membranous projection up from the inside of a grass sheath at its junction with the blade.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLimb <\/b><br \/>\tExpanded and spreading part above the throat, in a corolla with united petals.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLinear <\/b><br \/>\tNarrow and flat with the sides parallel, like a grass leaf blade.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLip <\/b><br \/>\tThe lowermost, often highly modified, petal of some flowers (such as orchids, mints, and penstemons).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLoam <\/b><br \/>\tClass of soil texture composed of sand, silt, and clay, which produces a physical property intermediate between the extremes of the three components.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLobe <\/b><br \/>\tA division or segment of a structure, usually rounded in outline.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tLocule <\/b><br \/>\tCompartment or chamber of an ovary.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMarcescent <\/b><br \/>\tPersisting beyond a single season as dried parts.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMargin <\/b><br \/>\tAn edge, as in the edge of a leaf blade.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMealy <\/b><br \/>\tSoft, dry, and crumbly textured, as in certain fruits.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMembranous <\/b><br \/>\tThin, soft, and pliable.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMidrib <\/b><br \/>\tThe main, central vein of a leaf, bract, scale, or petal.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMonomorphic <\/b><br \/>\tOne form.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMonoecious <\/b><br \/>\tHaving the stamens and carpels in different flowers on the same plant.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMontane <\/b><br \/>\tRelating to the biogeographical zone of relatively moist cool slopes below timberline dominated by large evergreen trees.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMucro <\/b><br \/>\tMinute and abrupt point at the apex.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tMucronate <\/b><br \/>\tWith a mucro.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tNode <\/b><br \/>\tA joint or point of attachment for leaves or branches.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tNutlet <\/b><br \/>\tHard, small, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOb <\/b><br \/>\tA prefix implying the reverse.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOblanceolate <\/b><br \/>\tA structure that is broadest near the tip and tapering to a narrower base.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOblong <\/b><br \/>\tMuch longer than broad, with nearly parallel sides; wider than linear.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tObtuse <\/b><br \/>\tBlunt or rounded at the apex.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOchroleucous <\/b><br \/>\tOff-white, buff.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOnce-pinnate <\/b><br \/>\tA compound leaflet divided into entire leaflets (the leaflets are not further divided into lobes or secondary leaflets).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOpposite <\/b><br \/>\tType of leaf arrangement in which two leaves are attached on opposite sides of a stem at the same node.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOrbicular <\/b><br \/>\tCircular in outline.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOvary <\/b><br \/>\tThe part of the pistil of a flower that contains the ovules.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOvate <\/b><br \/>\tEgg-shaped, (two-dimensional) with the broadest end toward the base.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOvoid <\/b><br \/>\tEgg-shaped (three-dimensional).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tOvules <\/b><br \/>\tStructure that develops into the seed.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPagodaeform <\/b><br \/>\tShaped like a pagoda.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPalea <\/b><br \/>\tThe smaller of the two bracts (the other being the lemma) that enclose the stamens and pistil in a grass floret.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPallid <\/b><br \/>\tDeficient in color.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPalmate <\/b><br \/>\tWith leaflets, lobes, or veins arising from the same point at tip of petiole.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPanicle <\/b><br \/>\tA compound inflorescence with two or more flowers on each branch.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPapilla(e) <\/b><br \/>\tA minute epidermal wart(s).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPappus <\/b><br \/>\tAn appendage at the apex of the ovary.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPartition <\/b><br \/>\tLine separating the two halves of the fruit of a mustard (Brassicaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPeat <\/b><br \/>\tHighly organic soil often in bogs or fens.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPectinate <\/b><br \/>\tResembling a comb in having very narrow parallel segments borne at a right angle to the main axis.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPedicel <\/b><br \/>\tThe stalk of a single flower in a flower cluster, a single fruit, or a single grass spiklet.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPeduncle <\/b><br \/>\tThe stalk of an inflorescence.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPendant <\/b><br \/>\tA structure that is allowed to hang free.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPendulous <\/b><br \/>\tHanging downward.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPerennial <\/b><br \/>\tA plant which lives for three or more years.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPerianth <\/b><br \/>\tCollective term for the calyx and corolla of a flower.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPerigynium <\/b><br \/>\tThe inflated sac enclosing the ovary in species of Carex (Cyperaceae). Plural = perigynia.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPersistent <\/b><br \/>\tTo remain unchanged or fixed in a specified condition.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPetal <\/b><br \/>\tThe usually colored, individual components of the corolla of a flower; literally the leaves of a flower.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPetiole <\/b><br \/>\tThe leaf stalk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPetiolate <\/b><br \/>\tHaving a petiole.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPhyllary <\/b><br \/>\tThe involucral bract on the head of members of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPilose <\/b><br \/>\tCovered with long, soft hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPinna(e) <\/b><br \/>\tOne of the first or primary divisions of a pinnately compound leaf: usually used to describe ferns.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPinnate <\/b><br \/>\tCompound leaf with the leaflets on 2 opposite sides of an elongated axis.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPinnately compound <\/b><br \/>\tDivision of a leaf blade into leaflets arranged on each side of a common leafstalk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPinnatifid <\/b><br \/>\tPinnately lobed, cleft or parted 1 \u00a62 way to the midrib or more.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPinnatisect <\/b><br \/>\tPinnately dissected.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPinnule <\/b><br \/>\tA secondary division of a fern frond.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPistil <\/b><br \/>\tThe seed-producing organ, consisting of a stigma and ovary with a style between.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPistillate <\/b><br \/>\tA flower which lacks well-developed, functional stamens.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPlacenta <\/b><br \/>\tAny part of the interior of an ovary that bears ovules.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPlaya <\/b><br \/>\tAn inland drainage basin, surrounded by sheets of alkaline or saline crust and containing a shallow, often ephemeral lake.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPlumose <\/b><br \/>\tHairs with side hairs along the main axis like the plume of a feather.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPod <\/b><br \/>\tAny dry, dehiscent fruit, such as that of many members of the pea family (Fabaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tProstrate <\/b><br \/>\tLying flat upon the ground (in contrast to decumbent in which a structure lies flat on the ground except for the tip which rises upward).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPuberulent <\/b><br \/>\tWith very short hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPubescence <\/b><br \/>\tHair on various parts of the plant.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPubescent <\/b><br \/>\tHaving hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPungent <\/b><br \/>\tSharp-pointed, prickly to touch.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPustulate <\/b><br \/>\tWith wart-like elevations; hairs with an expanded or wart- like base.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tPustulose <\/b><br \/>\tHirsute, with basally swollen hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRaceme <\/b><br \/>\tAn elongate inflorescence made up of stalked flowers attached directly to the main axis.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRachis <\/b><br \/>\tThe central elongated axis to an inflorescence or a compound leaf.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRay flower <\/b><br \/>\tThe strap-like flowers at the margin of a head in members of the sunflower family (Asteraceae); a primary branch of the inflorescence in members of the parsley family (Apiaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tReceptacle <\/b><br \/>\tThe enlarged tip of the flowering stem that bears all or most of the flower parts.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRecurved <\/b><br \/>\tCurved downward or backwards.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tReflexed <\/b><br \/>\tAbruptly bent downward or back.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tReplum <\/b><br \/>\tInternal membranous partition dividing the fruit of mustards into halves.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tReticulate <\/b><br \/>\tIn the form of a network as in leaf veins.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRetrorse <\/b><br \/>\tDirected backward or downward.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRevolute <\/b><br \/>\tRolled backward from the margin to the lower side.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRhizomatous <\/b><br \/>\tBearing rhizomes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRhizomes <\/b><br \/>\tProstrate stem growing beneath the ground surface, usually rooting at the nodes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRib <\/b><br \/>\tProminently raised vein or wing-like structure.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRootstock <\/b><br \/>\tSlow growing, woody upright underground base of a perennial herb that gives rise to yearly growth of stems and leaves; caudex.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRosette <\/b><br \/>\tA crowded cluster of leaves located at, or near the ground, at the base of a stem.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tRugose <\/b><br \/>\tWrinkled.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSaccate <\/b><br \/>\tShaped like a pouch or bag.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSagittate <\/b><br \/>\tArrow shaped.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSaline <\/b><br \/>\tConsisting of or containing salt.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tScabrous <\/b><br \/>\tRough to the touch like sandpaper, usually due to very short, stiff hairs or outgrowths of the epidermis.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tScale <\/b><br \/>\tAny thin, short, often membranous structure; in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) often used in reference to the bracts that subtend individual staminate and pistillate flowers.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tScape <\/b><br \/>\tA leafless flower stalk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tScar <\/b><br \/>\tA mark left on a stem, branch, or nutlet.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSchist <\/b><br \/>\tMedium to coarse-grained metamorphic rock composed of parallel layers which are often waxy or flaky.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tScree <\/b><br \/>\tAccumulation of rocky debris lying on a slope or at the base of a hill.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSecund <\/b><br \/>\tOriented on one side of an axis, as in fruits or flowers all being on one side of a stem.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSedimentary <\/b><br \/>\tRock formed by the deposition and compression of mineral and rock particles.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSeleniferous <\/b><br \/>\tContaining or yielding selenium.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSelenium <\/b><br \/>\tA non-metallic element that is found with sulfur in various ores; often selectively concentrated by certain legumes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSepals <\/b><br \/>\tA segment of the calyx.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSeptum <\/b><br \/>\tCross-wall or partition. Plural = septa.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSerrate <\/b><br \/>\tWith sharp teeth pointed forward.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSessile <\/b><br \/>\tLacking a stalk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tShale <\/b><br \/>\tFine-grained sedimentary rock, usually composed of clays.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSheath <\/b><br \/>\tThe lower part of the leaf that enfolds the stem in grasses, sedges, and rushes.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tShoot <\/b><br \/>\tNew growth.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tShrub <\/b><br \/>\tA woody plant with several equally large stems from the base, usually less than 4.5 m tall.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSigmoid <\/b><br \/>\tCurved in two directions like the letter S.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSilique <\/b><br \/>\tA fruit type found in certain members of the mustard family (Brassicaceae) characterized by its long, slender shape that is typically 3 or more times longer than wide.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSimple <\/b><br \/>\tUnbranched or undivided; in leaves refers to condition in which leaves are not divided into leaflets.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSinuate <\/b><br \/>\tWavy-margined.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSolifluction <\/b><br \/>\tDownhill movement of unconsolidated materials that have become saturated with water.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSolitary <\/b><br \/>\tOccurring singly, not as part of a group or cluster.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSorus <\/b><br \/>\tA cluster of sporangia (structure containing spores). Plural = sori.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpathe <\/b><br \/>\tLarge bract sheathing or enclosing an inflorescence.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpatulate <\/b><br \/>\tOblong, but narrowed at base.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpike <\/b><br \/>\tAn elongated inflorescence of sessile flowers or florets.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpikelet <\/b><br \/>\tThe basic unit of the inflorescence of grasses and sedges.\nIn grasses (Poaceae), it is composed of a pair of basal glumes subtending 1 or more florets. In sedges (Cyperaceae) it consists of a single bract subtending a flower.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpinescent <\/b><br \/>\tBearing a spine or ending in a spine-like sharp point.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSporangium <\/b><br \/>\tSpore-bearing case. Plural=sporangia<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpore <\/b><br \/>\tThe reproductive body produced and dispersed by ferns, horsetails, club mosses and other &#8220;lower&#8221; vascular plants that do not reproduce by true seeds.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpreading <\/b><br \/>\tDiverging at nearly a right angle from a structure; nearly prostrate.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSpur <\/b><br \/>\tA tubular or sac-shaped extension of a petal or sepal.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStalk <\/b><br \/>\tMain stem of a herbaceous plant.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStamen <\/b><br \/>\tThe pollen-producing structures of a flower; the &#8220;male&#8221; part of a flower.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStaminate <\/b><br \/>\tWith stamens, but lacking a pistil; &#8220;male&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStaminode <\/b><br \/>\tA sterile stamen or any structure lacking an anther but corresponding to a stamen.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStellate <\/b><br \/>\tStar-like or star-shaped; like an asterisk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSterile <\/b><br \/>\tNon-fertile; structure lacking reproductive parts or abilities.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStigma <\/b><br \/>\tThe surface of the pistil on which pollen grains land.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStipe <\/b><br \/>\tStalk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStipitate <\/b><br \/>\tHaving a stalk (stipe).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStipule <\/b><br \/>\tLeaf-like or scaly appendages (typically paired) at the base of the petiole in many plants. These may be fused at the base as in some members of the pea family (Fabaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStolon <\/b><br \/>\tA horizontal stem, usually growing along the surface of the ground, often giving rise to new plants.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStoloniferous <\/b><br \/>\tBearing stolons.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStrigillose <\/b><br \/>\tDiminutive of strigose. Also, strigulose.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStrigose <\/b><br \/>\tBeset with sharp-pointed, straight appressed hairs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tStyle <\/b><br \/>\tThe portion of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSub <\/b><br \/>\tPrefix which refers to under or below.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSubalpine <\/b><br \/>\tRegion lying below the alpine.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSubstrate <\/b><br \/>\tAny object or material upon which an organism grows or to which an organism is attached.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSucculent <\/b><br \/>\tFleshy and full of juice.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSubtend <\/b><br \/>\tTo be situated immediately below, as in bracts beneath a flower.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tSympatric <\/b><br \/>\tApplied to species that occupy similar habitats or whose habitats invariably overlap.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTalus <\/b><br \/>\tSloping mass of coarse rock fragments accumulated at the foot of a cliff or slope.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTaproot <\/b><br \/>\tThe primary root from which secondary (smaller, lateral) roots arise.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTerminal <\/b><br \/>\tLocated at the tip of a structure.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTernate <\/b><br \/>\tIn threes or with three parts.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTernately compound <\/b><br \/>\tDivided into threes, as in a leaf consisting of three leaflets.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTerete <\/b><br \/>\tCylindrical; circular in cross-section.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTooth <\/b><br \/>\tAny small, marginal lobe, usually on the edge of a leaf blade.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTomentose <\/b><br \/>\tWith a dense wool-like covering of matted, intertangled hairs of medium length.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTortuous <\/b><br \/>\tBent or twisted in various directions.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTorulose <\/b><br \/>\tAlternately swollen and constricted, a condition often found in the fruit of certain mustards (Brassicaceae).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTranslucent <\/b><br \/>\tTransmitting light, but causing sufficient diffusion to eliminate perception of distinct images.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTri <\/b><br \/>\tPrefix meaning three or thrice.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTrichome <\/b><br \/>\tThe specific term for any type of plant hair.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTrifoliate <\/b><br \/>\tHaving three leaves.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTrifoliolate <\/b><br \/>\tHaving three leaflets.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTriforked <\/b><br \/>\tDivided into three branches, as in hairs that are divided near their tip into three separate branches.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTrigonous <\/b><br \/>\tThree-angled, three-sided (usually refers to achenes).<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTubercle <\/b><br \/>\tA small expanded structure, such as the base of the style in some sedges, or very large papillae on fruits.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTuberculate <\/b><br \/>\tHaving tubercles.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTufted <\/b><br \/>\tA close-growing cluster of stems, as in certain bunchgrasses, sedges, and mat-forming herbs.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTussock <\/b><br \/>\tA compact, densely tufted growth form of some grasses and sedges.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTwice-pinnate <\/b><br \/>\tTwo divisions of a leaf blade into leaflets arranged on each side of a common leafstalk.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tTwig <\/b><br \/>\tThe current year&#8217;s growth of a stem; the endmost section of a branch.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tUmbel <\/b><br \/>\tA flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks arise from a common point, like the rays of an umbrella.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tUnilocular <\/b><br \/>\tWith one locule.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tValve <\/b><br \/>\tOne of the segments into which a dehiscent fruit separates.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tVegetative <\/b><br \/>\tA sterile structure of a plant, not associated with the production or dissemination of seeds, spores, or pollen.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tVein <\/b><br \/>\tA vascular bundle of a leaf or petal; nerve.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tVillous <\/b><br \/>\tClothed with long, soft hairs, often without special orientation.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tViscid <\/b><br \/>\tSticky; with sticky exudates.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tWhorled <\/b><br \/>\tThree or more leaves or branches attached at the same level on stem.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tWing <\/b><br \/>\tA thin, often dry or leaf-like extension bordering a structure; in some members of the pea family (Fabaceae), the two lateral petals of the flower; or a fruit as in Onagraceae or Cyperaceae.<\/li>\n<li><b>\tWoolly <\/b><br \/>\tWith long, interwoven hairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acaulescent The leaves clustered at or near the base of the plant. 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