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| What does a corm stem look like? |
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Not layered like an onion but sort of bulb like. Squat. |
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| A horizontal or ascending underground stem. Sometimes at ground level. |
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| Two major root types of angiosperms |
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| Fibrous (roots all roughly the same width) or taproot (one really large root with smaller ones coming out) |
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Leaves bunched together. Property of pines. |
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| Alternate and second ranked leaves (distichous) |
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| Only 1 leaf attached at each node or height on the stem, and the leaves line up in 2 vertical rows as seen from above. |
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| Alternate and third-ranked (tristichous) |
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| Only 1 leaf attached at each node or height on the stem, and the leaves line up in 3 vertical rows as seen from above. |
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| Leaves attached at ground level |
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| Compound with only 2 leaflets (leaf shape) |
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| A leaf divided into three leaflets. Whether it's simple or compound depends on the point of articulation (where leaves detach when they fall). |
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| Leaf with three divided leaflets which are then divided into three leaflets again. |
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| Leaf divided around a central point into 3 or more separate leaflets. |
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| Primary veins radiating out from a common point near the base[image] |
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| Primary veins extend out from a common midrib[image] |
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| Stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem |
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| Petiole or blade of leaf sheathing around the stem |
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One or two appendages at leaf base. |
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| Possible flower locations on a plant |
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| Terminal (only at the end of the stem), axillary or lateral (in leaf or branch axils, nodes opposite leaves, or stem between leaves), or on leaf surface |
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| Attaches directly without a stalk |
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| Stalk that attaches a flower to the stem |
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One flower per node, generally in spiral fashion |
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Similar to a spike but flowers have pedicels. |
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Like a raceme but flat topped because of long pedicels. |
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A compound raceme |
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| Collective term for the sepals on a flower (together the sepals are called a calyx) |
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| Collective term for the petals of a flower (together the petals are called the corolla). |
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Stamens form a column |
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| Epigynous, Perigynous, Hypogynous |
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Ovary position in the flower.
Epigynous - Having the ovary enclosed in the receptacle, with the stamens and other floral parts situated above.
Perigynous - (of a plant or flower) Having the stamens and other floral parts at the same level as the carpels.
Hypogynous - Having the floral parts, such as sepals, petals, and stamens, borne on the receptacle beneath the ovary. |
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| Refers to all petals and sepals |
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