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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
ferns & allies
cactus-like / succulents
special groups
composites
legumes
mints
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
stature
scapose
erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
armature
unarmed
armed
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
flowering season
spring
summer
fall
winter
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Misc.
vegetation type
tropical
tropical deciduous forest
tropical oak woodland
thornscrub
woodland
montane forest
riparian / wetland
desert
grassland
chaparral
tropical montane